# A House of Gentlefolk — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/i.md): On a spring evening in 1842, Marya Dmitrievna Kalitin and her aunt Marfa Timofyevna Pestov sit at a window in their O... house. The chapter provides background on Marya Dmitrievna's marriage, her husband's death, and her
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/ii.md): Gedeonovsky visits the Kalitin household and brings news that Fedor Ivanitch Lavretsky has returned to town. The conversation turns to Lavretsky's marital troubles, with Marfa Timofyevna defending him while Gedeonovsky a
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/iii.md): A young man, Vladimir Panshin, arrives at the Kalitin household on horseback, showing off his new horse Orlando to Marya Dmitrievna and her daughter Lenotchka. After a brief display of horsemanship, he dismounts and ente
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/iv.md): Panshin, a charming and talented young official from Petersburg, visits the Kalitin household. He sings a song he composed, which is praised by everyone except the old music teacher Lemm, who arrives for a lesson. Panshi
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/v.md): This chapter provides a detailed biography of Christopher Theodor Gottlieb Lemm, a poor German musician who has settled in the town of O. Born in Saxony in 1786, he led a wandering life as a performer before migrating to

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- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [Lavretsky's Hope and Lisa's Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xlv.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/epilogue.md)

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