Chapter Main events Key characters Settings Themes Quotation(s)
PART
ONE
1 Briony completes a play Briony Tallis Tallis house Imagination vs reality
3-17 about a princess Arabella, a Cecilia Tallis family
wicked count and doctor Lola Quincey
Briony’s room is neat, but Jackson Quincey
she’s aware she has no Perriot Quincey
secrets, so discovers writing
and uses her imagination
The Quincey cousins visit
because their parents are
divorcing
The cousins don’t like her
play, but Lola manipulates
Briony into giving her
Arabella
2 Cecilia is bored and Cecilia Tallis house Family
18-31 desperate for a fag so runs Robbie Love
to the fountain with flowers in
her hand
Cecilia admires the
reproduction of the sculpture
of Bernini's Triton and
notices Robbie Turner
gardening (they went to uni
together and her dad will pay
for his medical school fees)
She feels down as her family
haven’t payed much interest
in her
She looks in disgust at
Robbie
She puts flowers in a vase
from her uncle clem and
considers the arrangements
PART
ONE
1 Briony completes a play Briony Tallis Tallis house Imagination vs reality
3-17 about a princess Arabella, a Cecilia Tallis family
wicked count and doctor Lola Quincey
Briony’s room is neat, but Jackson Quincey
she’s aware she has no Perriot Quincey
secrets, so discovers writing
and uses her imagination
The Quincey cousins visit
because their parents are
divorcing
The cousins don’t like her
play, but Lola manipulates
Briony into giving her
Arabella
2 Cecilia is bored and Cecilia Tallis house Family
18-31 desperate for a fag so runs Robbie Love
to the fountain with flowers in
her hand
Cecilia admires the
reproduction of the sculpture
of Bernini's Triton and
notices Robbie Turner
gardening (they went to uni
together and her dad will pay
for his medical school fees)
She feels down as her family
haven’t payed much interest
in her
She looks in disgust at
Robbie
She puts flowers in a vase
from her uncle clem and
considers the arrangements
