Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day | 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.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* MARGRET HOWTH: A STORY OF TO-DAY is a story of life in a textile mill town in Indiana in the early-1860s.
* The novel begins with the narrator, 20-year-old Margret Howth, explaining that she is about to tell a story of To-Day.
* Margret's world is a bleak one where...
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