Moll Flanders | 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.

Preface: Abstract

* The novel is introduced as an autobiography of a woman that has been edited to conceal her identity and modify some of her behavior.
* Great stress is placed on the moral of the story as justifying the shadier parts of the tale.

Pages 1-15: Abstract

* The degree to which...
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