Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

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Deeply sensuous and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite. Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever... read more

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Summary

When the beautiful, introverted, clutzy Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to the remote, wet town of Forks, Washington, she's only doing it to go live with her single dad, town sheriff Charlie. But when she arrives at the local high school, she finds herself immediately drawn to the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Cast of Characters

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Bella Swan: lead protagonist and storyteller. A high school teen recently transplanted from Arizona to the remote Forks, WA.
Laurent: A vampire who preys on humans. Considered in the vampire world to be a nomad, or a vampire that does not stay in a permanent place.
Edward Cullen: Romantic lead.
Victoria: A vampire who preys on humans. Considered in the vampire world to be a nomad, or a vampire that does not stay in a permanent place.
Rosalie Cullen: Edward's sister and Emmett's wife
Billy Black: Jacob's father and Charlie's friend.
Jasper Hale: Edward's brother and Alice's Husband.
Mike Newton: Bella's new friend at Forks high school. Who has a crush on her.
Renee Dwyer: Bella's newly married mother.
Alice Hale: Edward's sister and Jasper's wife.
James: A vampire who preys on humans.
Phil Dwyer: Renee's baseball-playing husband and Bella's stepfather.
Emmett Cullen: Edward's brother and Rosalie husband
Dr. Carlisle Cullen: Edward's father and Esme's husband
Jacob Black: Bella's childhood friend and a Native American who lives on the neighboring Indian reservation.
Esme Cullen: Edward's mother and Carlisle's wife.
Charlie Swan: Bella's single father and the Forks sheriff.

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Memorable Quotes

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“Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.”
Bella
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.”
Edward Cullen
“When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it’s not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.”
Bella Swan
“Forks was literally my personal hell on Earth.”
Bella Swan
“You are my life now”
Edward Cullen
“So, did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what? I've never seen him act like that.”
Mike
“"You're intoxicated by my very presence"”
Edward Cullen
“"Your scent, it is like a drug to me. Like my own personal brand of heroin."”
Edward Cullen
“"Do I dazzle you?"”
Edward Cullen
“"It was to green. An alien planet"”
Bella Swan
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First Sentence

I'd never given much thought to how I would die - though I'd had reason enough in the last few months - but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.

1. First Sight
2. Open Book
3. Phenomenon
4. Invitations
5. Bloody Type
6. Scary Stories
7. Nightmare
8. Port Angeles
9. Theory
10. Interrogations
11. Complications
12. Balancing
13. Confessions
14. Mind Over Matter
15. The Cullens
16. Carlisle
17. The Game
18. The Hunt
19. Goodbyes
20. Impatience
21. Phone Call
22. Hide and Seek
23. The Angel
24. An Impasse

Glossary

Volturi: The vampire coven known as the Volturi resides in Volterra, Italy. They are regarded as "royalty" by other vampires because they have lived for well over three thousand years and act as police, enforcing the rule that vampires' existence remain a secret from humans.
Quileutes: A Native American Indian tribe. Bella's friend Jacob is a Quileute Indian. Some members of the Quileute tribe are capable of shapeshifting into wolves.
Vegetarian Vampire: Vampires that don't feed on humans but on animals.
Creosote: Flowering bush common in the deserts of the West

Errata

When Edward is telling Carlisle's history to Bella, he says that Carlisle found a coven of true vampires that lived hidden in the sewers of the city. The vampires couldn't have been hidden inside the sewers because there weren't any. The sewage system was only built around 1859, and Carlisle found the vampires around 1660-1670.