# Dodsworth — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis.

- [Dodsworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/dodsworth.md): The novel introduces Sam Dodsworth, a successful automobile manufacturer from Zenith who sells his company and embarks on a European journey with his wife Fran, exploring themes of American identity, marriage, and the se
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/i.md): In 1903, Samuel Dodsworth, a former Yale football player and assistant superintendent at the Zenith Locomotive Works, attends a dance at the Kennepoose Canoe Club. He is driving his first automobile and dreams of the fut
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/ii.md): Sam Dodsworth reflects on the sale of his company, the Revelation Motor Company, to the Unit Automotive Company. He feels a loss of purpose and identity, but his wife Fran urges him to take a year-long trip to Europe. To
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/iii.md): Sam Dodsworth, after selling his company, faces pressure from Alec Kynance to join the U.A.C. as vice-president, but Sam hesitates, dreaming of a European vacation and a life free from business. He rejects Kynance's work
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/iv.md): Late at night after a poker game, Sam Dodsworth returns to the bedroom to find Fran awake and eager to discuss their future. She passionately argues for a complete break from their settled life in Zenith, advocating for 

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- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Wandering of Samuel Dodsworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)

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