Goodbye to All That | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Prologue | Chapter 1 Abstract

* Robert von Ranke Graves was born near London in 1895.
* He considered himself a poet and writer, who uses the position of University Professor to avoid the social implications and complications of being a writer.
* He traced his family lineage back to 1267 with the maternal...
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