The Return of the Native 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.

Book 1 Abstract

* The set is a gloomy area without many adornments of nature; Egdon Heath, is neither extremely ugly nor common but entirely singular.
* An old man walks down the road and meets the reddleman, who says he is carrying a young lady that he picked up in Anglebury.
* The...
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