The Stone Diaries Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 3 Summary

Chapter 3 Summary

Titled Marriage, 1927, Chapter three begins as Daisy is about to marry Harold Hoad in an upscale wedding ceremony. The past eleven years have been successful ones for Cuyler Goodwill, who has become a successful businessman in the Bloomington, Indiana limestone industry. Cuyler has developed a talent for public speaking, which he now does constantly.

Magnus Flett, the deserted husband of Daisy's childhood caregiver, has left Tyndall to return to his childhood home in the Orkney Islands, although he has no living connections there. After spending many bitter years searching for reasons as to why his wife left him, he feels it is time to leave the place where they had a life together. He gathers a few of his wife's belongings to carry with him, including a picture and copy of Jane Eyre. Magnus' son, Barker Flett, upon receiving the invitation to Daisy's wedding, sends her a bank note...
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