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Chapter One

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: McEwan, Ian. On Chesil Beach. First Anchor Books, 2007. E-book.

• Chapter One begins on page 3.

• The setting is the honeymoon suite in a hotel on the beach, where Florence and Edward are getting ready to be served dinner in their suite.

• The first sentence describes the narrative's main couple as young, educated, and virginal.

• Florence and Edward had been married in St. Mary’s Cathedral.

• Florence is "an old hand" (3) at traveling as a result of having traveled extensively with her father during her childhood.

• Edward, on the other hand, has never stayed in a hotel before, but he does not mention this detail to Florence.

• The couple had experienced a lot of trepidation about what might transpire during their wedding.

• For example, they had feared that Edward's parents would condescend to Florence's parents...

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