Novel with numbered divisions (MLA)

In-text citation

MLA-65

One of Kingsolver’s narrators, the teenager Rachel, pushes her vocabulary beyond its limits. For example, Rachel complains that being forced to live in the Congo with her missionary family is “a sheer tapestry of justice” because her chances of finding a boyfriend are “dull and void” (117; bk. 2, ch. 10).

Explain

  • When a novel has numbered divisions, put the page number first, followed by a semicolon, and then indicate the book, part, or chapter in which the passage may be found.
  • Use abbreviations such as “bk.,” “pt.,” and “ch.”

Works cited entry

Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel, Harper Perennial, 1999.