Dandelion Wine | Summary

Sections 1–10

Because Dandelion Wine is what is sometimes called a composite novel or short story cycle, the plot does not follow the kind of development one would expect from a novel although the same characters continue to interact throughout the book.

Nevertheless, it is possible to break the book up into sections for discussion. In this first section, Douglas Spaulding opens the book by standing in the cupola of his grandparent’s home and willing Green Town to life: “He folded his arms and smiled a magician’s smile. Yes, sir, he thought,...

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