A Mercy

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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

All Themes Human Bondage, Wealth, and Humanity The Oppression of Women, Violence, and Female Community Motherhood, Heartbreak, and Salvation Land, Exploitation, and the American Pastoral Religion, Morality, and Otherness

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Characters

All Characters Florens Florens’s Mother The Blacksmith Lina Sorrow Rebekka Vaark Jacob Vaark D’Ortega The Reverend Father Widow Ealing Daughter Jane Willard Scully Malaik

Symbols

All Symbols Florens’s Shoes Jacob’s House Orphans

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A Mercy

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
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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

All Themes
Human Bondage, Wealth, and Humanity
The Oppression of Women, Violence, and Female Community
Motherhood, Heartbreak, and Salvation
Land, Exploitation, and the American Pastoral
Religion, Morality, and Otherness

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Florens
Florens’s Mother
The Blacksmith
Lina
Sorrow
Rebekka Vaark
Jacob Vaark
D’Ortega
The Reverend Father
Widow Ealing
Daughter Jane
Willard
Scully
Malaik

Symbols

All Symbols
Florens’s Shoes
Jacob’s House
Orphans

Theme Wheel

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Churchill, Katherine. "A Mercy." LitCharts LLC, May 7, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/a-mercy.

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