To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter summaries

Preface

It should be noted that the author precedes the first chapter with an epigraph by English writer Charles Lamb. It reads: …

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Chapters 1-4

We meet six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, known as Scout, the narrator and protagonist. She and her brother Jeremy (“Jem”) …

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Chapters 5-7

The kids make some subtle changes to the Boo Radley play-acting, in order to avoid getting caught. Dill proposes marriage to …

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Chapters 8-11

Mrs. Radley dies, leaving, apparently, only Mr. Radley, and Boo.  

Winter arrives, with record-breaking cold. Snow …

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Chapters 12-15

Mrs. Radley dies, leaving only Nathan and Boo at the Radley Place.  

Winter arrives, with record-breaking cold. Snow …

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Chapters 16-22

Scout (who is eight-years-old by now) and Jem are witness to a vast number of people coming into town for the high-profile …

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Chapters 23-26

Atticus dismisses the threats as the emotional rants of a humiliated man, and believes that the threats are empty. He gives …

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Chapters 27-31

Bob Ewell earns a few days of gossip notoriety for actually getting a job, and then for immediately losing the job.  

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