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Plot Summary................................................................................................................1 Chapter 1.......................................................................................................................4 Chapter2.......................................................................................................................7 Chapter 3.....................................................................................................................10 Chapter 4.....................................................................................................................13 Chapter5.....................................................................................................................16 Chapter 6.....................................................................................................................19 Chapter 7.....................................................................................................................22 Chapter 8.....................................................................................................................24Chapter 9.....................................................................................................................26 Chapters 10-11 .............................................................................................................28 Chapter 12...................................................................................................................30 Characters....................................................................................................................32 Nikhil 'Gogol' Ganguli........................................................................................32 Ashima Ganguli..................................................................................................33 AshokeGanguli..................................................................................................34 Sonia Ganguli.....................................................................................................34
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Characters Ruth .....................................................................................................................35 Maxine Ratliff.....................................................................................................35 Gerald and Lydia Ratliff.....................................................................................36 Moushumi Mazoomdar .......................................................................................36 NikolaiGogol.....................................................................................................37 Extended Family and Local Family ....................................................................37 Objects/Places..............................................................................................................39 Gogol Book of Short Stories ...............................................................................39 TrainCrash.........................................................................................................39 Missing Letter.....................................................................................................39 Resume...............................................................................................................39Sari......................................................................................................................40 Traditional Indian Food......................................................................................40 Pemberton Road House......................................................................................40 Cambridge, Massachusetts.................................................................................40 Calcutta,...