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Twilight NovelThe Twilight novel is the first of the four Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. It introduced millions of fans
to teenager Bella Swan and her dashing vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen.
And its story is now the subject of the hit 2008 Twilight movie,
starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2005)
Read a chapter-by-chapter summary of Twilight;
Part One of the Twilight summary (Chapters 1 - 12)
Part Two of the Twilight book summary (Chapters 13 - Epilogue)
The Twilight novel revolves around 17-year-old Isabella Swan, who
prefers to be called Bella. She moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona, to
the rainy town of Forks, Washington, to live with her dad, Charlie. At first
she’s depressed by the dismal weather and dreading her first day at the
local high school. But then she sees the pale brooding Edward Cullen
and life in Forks becomes a whole lot more interesting.
The first time Bella sees the Cullen siblings in the school cafeteria,
she can’t take her eyes off them. She is intrigued by their strangeness
and fixated by their physical perfection. She finds herself drawn in
particular to Edward and is distressed when he in turn seems repulsed
by her. We later find out that he is, in fact, tortured by the effort
not to drink her blood because it’s so inordinately appealing to him.
Bella tries to resist her attraction to Edward but it is a fruitless
effort. She is annoyed by his often-aloof behavior and unaware of his
vampire condition, can’t quite figure him out. But when Edward jumps in
front of a van to save her, she is unconvinced by his claims that
she imagined his super human strength. That’s when she begins to wonder
just who and what he is.
When Bella figures out that her crush is a vampire (after
hearing a legend about vampires and werewolves from a teenager called
Jacob Black who becomes a central character in the second Twilight
novel, New Moon), she is more intrigued than disturbed. As far as she’s
concerned, his immortal condition is a mere footnote in their
relationship. Her love for Edward leaves her utterly unconcerned for her
own safety. He, however, lays far more importance on his true nature. And when a killer vampire called James comes to town, Bella begins to understand why.
James
is an expert tracker and a ruthless killer. When he sees how possessive
Edward is of Bella, he decides to hunt and kill her for fun. Bella
flees Forks with members
of Edward’s (non-human-consuming vampire) family but ends up
sacrificing herself to save her mother – who James convinces her is
in danger even though she’s not. James almost kills Bella but Edward appears at the last
moment to save her and murder her would-be killer.
Not even this
terrifying near-death experience,
which leaves Bella battered, bruised and broken, weakens our heroines
resolve to be with Edward. It just strengthens her desire to become a
vampire so she
can be with him forever more.
The Twilight novel kicked off the four-book Twilight series, which has
sold over 40 million copies worldwide. The popularity of its author
Stephenie Meyer is comparable to that of the author of Harry Potter, JK
Rowling. The novel has enormous appeal to fantasy and romance fans and is bound to keep you reading into the vampire hours of the night.
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