# An Outcast of the Islands — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter opens with a single epigraph from Calderón, suggesting that the greatest crime of man is to have been born, setting a tone of existential guilt and predetermined suffering.
- [Author's Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/author-s-note.md): Conrad reflects on the origins of 'An Outcast of the Islands,' describing how a real, unremarkable man living as a dependent outcast in Sambir inspired the character of Willems. He recounts his own creative indecision af
- [Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/an-outcast-of-the-islands.md): The opening chapter introduces Willems, a man who has risen from obscurity to a position of trust under Hudig, only to betray that trust through embezzlement. His exposure and expulsion from the European community set th
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-i-i.md): Willems, a confident and ambitious clerk for Hudig & Co., reflects on his rise from cabin boy to a position of power and respect in Macassar. He enjoys his status, his skill at poker and billiards, and the adulation of h
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-i-ii.md): This chapter details the early history of Willems and his relationship with Captain Lingard. It recounts how Lingard found Willems as a runaway boy in Samarang, took him under his wing, and helped him rise to become a tr

> 24 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=an_outcast_of_the_islands_se_1049kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-i-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-i-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-i-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-i-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-i-vii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-ii-i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-ii-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-ii-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-ii-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-ii-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-ii-vi.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iii-i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iii-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iii-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iii-iv.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iv-i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iv-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iv-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iv-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-iv-v.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-v-i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-v-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-v-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_outcast_of_the_islands_se/chapters/part-v-iv.md)

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