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Dune Study Guide

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by Frank Herbert
About 15 pages (4,617 words)
Dune (novel) Summary

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Setting

Most of the novel is set on Arrakis, a desert planet known as "Dune" and inhabited primarily by sandworms and a martial people called Fremen. The planet is the place of exile for Paul Atreides and his family, and was intended as a place of hardship. Paul, however, finds the Fremen admirable for their courage and faithfulness. They provide Paul with a useful fighting force; the Fremen are tough, fanatical fighters, unmatched by any others in the empire.

Except for walled-off regions, the planet is a sea of sand and rocky islands.

To cross the sand is to risk being engulfed in vicious.....

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Dune from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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