Master Georgie | 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, Plate 1 1846 "Girl in the Presence of Death" Abstract

* Myrtle narrates the first chapter.
* Myrtle is an orphan the Hardy family takes in when there is an outbreak of smallpox. They intend to send her back to the orphanage, but the Hardys' daughter, Beatrice, persuades her parents to adopt...
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