# Disenchantment — Chapters explained > Chapter companions for Disenchantment by C. E. Montague. - [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/dedication.md): The book is dedicated to Aubrey Montague of Lautoka, Fiji, with a line from Robert Burns' poem 'Auld Lang Syne' evoking shared childhood experiences. - [Disenchantment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/disenchantment.md): The chapter explores the profound disillusionment that sets in after the initial fervor of war fades, as soldiers and society confront the grim reality of conflict, the failure of institutions, and the loss of innocence. - [I: The Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i-the-vision.md): The chapter describes the initial experience of new recruits in 1915, focusing on the immense simplification of life, the joy of physical exertion, and the powerful illusions of comradeship and national unity. It contras - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator observes a widespread literature of disappointment emerging from the war, contrasting the shallow disenchantment of earlier artists like Burne-Jones, Arnold, and Rossetti with a more genuine, though less ski - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md): The chapter reflects on the disillusionment of soldiers, particularly volunteers from the first year of the war, who enlisted with boundless illusions about honor, freedom, and civilization. It contrasts their naive idea > 94 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=disenchantment_se_715kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest. - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [II: Misgiving](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii-misgiving.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vi.md) - [At Agincourt and Ypres](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii-at-agincourt-and-ypres.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vi.md) - [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vii.md) - [IV: Tedium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv-tedium.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vi.md) - [V: The Sheep That Were Not Fed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v-the-sheep-that-were-not-fed.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [VI: ’Ware Politicians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vi-ware-politicians.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [VII: “Can’t Believe a Word”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vii-can-t-believe-a-word.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [VIII: The Duty of Lying](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/viii-the-duty-of-lying.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vi.md) - [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vii.md) - [IX: Autumn Comes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ix-autumn-comes.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [X: Autumn Tints in Chivalry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/x-autumn-tints-in-chivalry.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vi.md) - [XI: Stars in Their Courses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xi-stars-in-their-courses.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [XII: Belated Boons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xii-belated-boons.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [XIII: The Old Age of the War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xiii-the-old-age-of-the-war.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [XIV: Our Moderate Satanists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xiv-our-moderate-satanists.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) - [Any Cure?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xv-any-cure.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [XVI: Fair Warning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xvi-fair-warning.md) - [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i.md) - [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii.md) - [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii.md) - [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iv.md) - [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v.md) HTML index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters