# Decline and Fall — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.

- [I: Vocation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-i-vocation.md): Paul Pennyfeather is sent down from Oxford for indecent behavior, leading his guardian to cut off his allowance and insist he find work. Through a scholastic agent, Paul secures a position as a junior assistant master at
- [II: Llanabba Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-ii-llanabba-castle.md): Paul Pennyfeather arrives at Llanabba Castle, a school with a deceptive facade, and is introduced to the chaotic and disreputable staff, including Captain Grimes and Mr. Prendergast, as well as the eccentric Dr. Fagan an
- [III: Captain Grimes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-iii-captain-grimes.md): Paul Pennyfeather has dinner with the boys at Llanabba Castle, where he meets Peter Beste-Chetwynde and learns about the school's eccentricities. Afterward, Captain Grimes takes Paul to the local pub and reveals his enga
- [Mr. Prendergast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-iv-mr-prendergast.md): Paul is awakened by Peter Beste-Chetwynde, who informs him about the single bathroom for masters. Paul takes a bath before Mr. Prendergast, causing tension. Later, Mr. Prendergast confides in Paul about his past as a cle
- [Discipline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-v-discipline.md): Paul faces the chaos of Llanabba Castle's morning prayers and his first classroom experience, where he struggles to maintain order among unruly boys. He receives advice from Grimes and Mr. Prendergast, and later learns f

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- [Conduct](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-vi-conduct.md)
- [VII: Philbrick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-vii-philbrick.md)
- [VIII: The Sports](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-viii-the-sports.md)
- [IX: The Sports—Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-ix-the-sports-continued.md)
- [X: Post Mortem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-x-post-mortem.md)
- [XI: Philbrick—Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-xi-philbrick-continued.md)
- [XII: The Agony of Captain Grimes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-xii-the-agony-of-captain-grimes.md)
- [XIII: The Passing of a Public School Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-the-passing-of-a-public-school-man.md)
- [I: King’s Thursday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-i-king-s-thursday.md)
- [II: Interlude in Belgravia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-interlude-in-belgravia.md)
- [Pervigilium Veneris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-iii-pervigilium-veneris.md)
- [Resurrection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-iv-resurrection.md)
- [V: The Latin-American Entertainment Co. Ltd.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-v-the-latin-american-entertainment-co-ltd.md)
- [VI: A Hitch in the Wedding Preparations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-a-hitch-in-the-wedding-preparations.md)
- [Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-i-stone-walls-do-not-a-prison-make.md)
- [II: The Lucas-Dockery Experiments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-ii-the-lucas-dockery-experiments.md)
- [III: The Death of a Modern Churchman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-iii-the-death-of-a-modern-churchman.md)
- [IV: Nor Iron Bars a Cage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-iv-nor-iron-bars-a-cage.md)
- [V: The Passing of a Public School Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-v-the-passing-of-a-public-school-man.md)
- [VI: The Passing of Paul Pennyfeather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-vi-the-passing-of-paul-pennyfeather.md)
- [Resurrection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-vii-resurrection.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-epilogue.md)

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