# A Hazard of New Fortunes — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for A Hazard of New Fortunes by William Dean Howells.

- [Bibliographical](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/bibliographical.md): In this bibliographical note, W.D. Howells reflects on the writing of A Hazard of New Fortunes, explaining how he adapted his characters Basil and Isabel March from their earlier roles in Their Wedding Journey by address
- [Part First](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/a-hazard-of-new-fortunes.md): The Marches, Basil and Isabel, decide to leave their comfortable life in Boston for the uncertain opportunities of New York City. Basil March loses his insurance job and receives an offer from Fulkerson to edit a new lit
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-i.md): Fulkerson pitches his idea for a new cooperative magazine to Basil March, praising his taste, conscience, and Western roots. He offers March the editorship with a salary of $3,500 and a share in profits, urging him to le
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-ii.md): Basil March returns home to his family in Boston after meeting with Fulkerson, who offers him a position as co-editor of a new cooperative magazine, Every Other Week, with a salary of four thousand dollars. March initial
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-iii.md): Basil March tells his wife Isabel about Fulkerson's offer to edit a new magazine in New York. Isabel is initially enthusiastic but recoils when she learns the magazine would be based in New York, not Boston. The Marches 

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-first-xii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-second-xv.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-third-ix.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fourth-ix.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_hazard_of_new_fortunes_se/chapters/part-fifth-xviii.md)

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