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White Dog
The Shipping News
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1: Quoyle
Chapter 2: Love Knot
Chapter 3: Strangle Knot
Chapter 4: Cast Away
Chapter 5: A Rolling Hitch
Chapter 6: Between Ships
Chapter 7: The Gammy Bird
Chapter 8: A Slippery Hitch
Chapter 9: The Mooring Hitch
Chapter 10: The Voyage of Nutbeem
Chapter 11: A Breastpin of Human Hair
Chapter 12: The Stern Wave
Chapter 13: The Dutch Cringle
Chapter 14: Wavey
Chapter 15: The Upholstery Shop
Chapter 16: Beety’s Kitchen
Chapter 17: The Shipping News
Chapter 18: Lobster Pie
Chapter 19: Good-bye, Buddy
Chapter 20: Gaze Island
Chapter 21: Poetic Navigation
Chapter 22: Dogs and Cats
Chapter 23: Maleficium
Chapter 24: Berry Picking
Chapter 25: Oil
Chapter 26: Deadman
Chapter 27: Newsroom
Chapter 28: Skater’s Chain Grip
Chapter 29: Alvin Yark
Chapter 30: The Sun Clouded Over
Chapter 31: Sometimes You Just Lose It
Chapter 32: The Hairy Devil
Chapter 33: The Cousin
Chapter 34: Dressing Up
Chapter 35: The Day’s Work
Chapter 36: Straitjacket
Chapter 37: Slingstones
Chapter 38: The Sled Dog Driver’s Dream
Chapter 39: Shining Hubcaps
Themes
Characters
All Characters
Quoyle
Agnis Hamm
Bunny Quoyle
Sunshine Quoyle
Petal Bear
Wavey Prowse
Jack Buggit
Dennis Buggit
Beety Buggit
Mrs. Buggit
Billy Pretty
B. Beaufield Nutbeem
Nolan Quoyle
Partridge
William Ankle
Tert Card
Guy Quoyle
Bayonet Melville
Silver Melville
Diddy Shovel
Mrs. Mavis Bangs
Dawn Budgel
Benny Fudge
Ed Punch
Jesson Buggit
Sian Quoyle
Herold Prowse
Symbols
Literary Devices
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