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Sleeping Beauty Study Guide

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by Ross MacDonald
About 81 pages (24,345 words)
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Sleeping Beauty Study Guide consists of approx. 81 pages of summaries and analysis on Sleeping Beauty by Ross MacDonald. Browse the literature study guide below:

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A man sits on a plane looking out the window at the Pacific Ocean covered in an oil spill off the coast of Los Angeles. At the airport the man buys a paper with news of the oil spill splashed across the front page. The man drives towards Pacific Point and the center of the oil spill. Once there he meets a young woman on the beach who has rescued an oil-covered grebe with the intentions of cleaning it off. The man follows the woman for a short time before stopping at a restaurant along the wharf. (read more)
      Chapter 1-3
      Chapter 4-5
      Chapter 6
      Chapter 7
      Chapter 8
      Chapter 9
      Chapter 10
      Chapter 11
      Chapter 12
      Chapter 13
      Chapter 14
      Chapter 15
      Chapter 16
      Chapter 17
      Chapter 18-19
      Chapter 20
      Chapter 21-22
      Chapter 23
      Chapter 24
      Chapter 25
      Chapter 26
      Chapter 27
      Chapter 28
      Chapter 29
      Chapter 30
      Chapter 31
      Chapter 32-33
      Chapter 34-35
      Chapter 36
      Chapter 37
      Chapter 38
      Chapter 39
      Chapter 40
      Chapter 41
      Chapter 42

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