Summaries &
Worksheets
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 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
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Prologue
Contextual
Worksheets
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 7
Chapter 29
Puzzles &
Quizzes
Word Game
Crossword Puzzle
Essay
Questions
Possible essay topics
Commentaries &
Discussions
THEORETICAL ISSUES
Victorian morality
The Ancestors and Fate
Colonialism
Racism
Capitalism
Purpose of the Prologue
THE CHARACTERS
Victor's growing lust
How responsible was Frances?
Image of the "bloodied bird"
Love letters & letter books
The Christian attitude to suicide
Who was Frances expecting?
Triumph of the Shades
HISTORICAL EVENTS
Drought and the rinderpest
The new slavery
The South African War
Pressures to enlist
The war & Black expectations
Black politics & newspapers
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
The Anglican missionaries
The historical St Matthias Mission
Dr Keith Tankard
25 November 2006
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