The Moonstone | 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 and First Period, pgs. 33-77 Abstract

* It is 1848 and a diamond called the Moonstone has been stolen from Lady Verinder's Yorkshire home.
* Betteredge begins narrating his version of events. He says the diamond was originally brought to the house by Franklin Blake. Three days before Franklin arrived with the diamond, three...
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