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Plot Summary of Oldtown Folks
"This is a story about three kids who grow up together and later add a fourth when they're teens. Two of the kids are brother and sister who are walking with their mother to Boston to find their father, a British officer during the Revolutionary War. He sailed to England without them, and on the road, the kids' mom dies. The brother goes to live with Deacon Badger and his family (grandpa to the main character, whose dad died so he lives there, too), and the sister goes to live with a neighbor, Miss Mehitable, a maiden in small Oldtown, MA.

The kids are sponsored by some wealthier folks, go to school with Miss Mehitable's brother, Jonathan Rossiter, in Cloudland, and meet Esther Avery, the minister's daughter and the brother's future wife. The three kids also are taken to Boston to stay with one of the finest Boston families from time to time, and among them is cousin Ellery Davenport, a colonel for the Americans during the Revolution. The three kids grew up with a Puritan background, but Ellery (who eventually marries the sister) is kind of an atheist. Horace, the main character, wanted to marry the sister, but she wanted Ellery. Their marriage lasts only 10 years, during which Ellery grows old and insane, and Horace eventually marries the sister."
Ann, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Oldtown Folks
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Plot
Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh)
Time/era of story - 18th century
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Parents/lack of parents problem? - orphan story
Loving/sexing? - girl chasing

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - long lived adults
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - diplomat
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
City? Yes
City: - Boston

Style
Person - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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