The Wapshot Chronicle Themes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 6 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Wapshot Chronicle.

The Wapshot Chronicle Themes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 6 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Wapshot Chronicle.
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The Wapshot Chronicle Summary & Study Guide Description

The Wapshot Chronicle Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:

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Attempting in The Wapshot Chronicle to capture the "irrecapturable" past, Cheever creates the setting of St.

Botolphs, a romanticized version in part of his hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts, and the Wapshot family, unmistakably modeled after his own: Leander, his wife Sarah, and their sons, Moses and Coverly. Throughout the novel, Cheever charts the decline and ultimate resurrection of the Wapshots, simultaneously recognizing their limitations and celebrating their possibilities. It is essentially this cast...

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