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A Wrinkle in Time
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Madeleine L’Engle
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Contents
Summary
Chapter Summaries
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Themes
Themes
Nonconformity vs. Conformity
Good, Evil, and Moral Courage
Love, Family, and Friendship
Learning, Science, and Discovery
Characters
Characters
Meg
Charles Wallace
Calvin
Mr. Murry
Mrs. Murry
Mrs. Whatsit
Mrs. Who
Mrs. Which
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The Happy Medium
Aunt Beast
The Man with Red Eyes
Sandy and Dennys Murry
Mr. Jenkins
Symbols
Symbols
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Tesseract
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Madeleine L’Engle’s
A Wrinkle in Time
, published in 1962, tells the story of Meg and Charles Murry, who, with the help of their friend Calvin, travel through the universe in search of their missing father.