# Emily of New Moon — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery.

- [The House in the Hollow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/i-the-house-in-the-hollow.md): Emily Starr lives with her father Douglas in a secluded house in a hollow, finding companionship in nature, her cat Mike, and her imagination. After a dull, cold day, she ventures out for a walk in the spruce barrens, wh
- [A Watch in the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/ii-a-watch-in-the-night.md): Douglas Starr reveals to Emily that he is dying, shares the story of her mother Juliet and the Murray family's pride, and comforts her with a vision of death as a door to reunion. He speaks of his love for Juliet, the Mu
- [A Hop Out of Kin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/iii-a-hop-out-of-kin.md): Following the death of her father Douglas Starr, Emily faces the arrival of her Murray relatives who must decide her future. She struggles with grief, defiance, and the fear of being placed with an unloving guardian, whi
- [IV: A Family Conclave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/iv-a-family-conclave.md): After her father's funeral, Emily eavesdrops on the Murray family conclave to learn her fate. She writes in her journal to cope with her grief and humiliation, and receives a kind gesture from Cousin Jimmy.
- [Diamond Cut Diamond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/v-diamond-cut-diamond.md): The Murray family decides Emily's fate by drawing lots, and Aunt Elizabeth's name is drawn, making her Emily's guardian. Emily burns her precious account book to prevent Aunt Elizabeth from reading it, then leaves her ol

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- [VI: New Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/vi-new-moon.md)
- [The Book of Yesterday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/vii-the-book-of-yesterday.md)
- [Trial by Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/viii-trial-by-fire.md)
- [A Special Providence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/ix-a-special-providence.md)
- [X: Growing Pains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/x-growing-pains.md)
- [XI: Ilse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xi-ilse.md)
- [The Tansy Patch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xii-the-tansy-patch.md)
- [XIII: Daughter of Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xiii-daughter-of-eve.md)
- [Fancy Fed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xiv-fancy-fed.md)
- [XV: Various Tragedies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xv-various-tragedies.md)
- [Check for Miss Brownell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xvi-check-for-miss-brownell.md)
- [Living Epistles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xvii-living-epistles.md)
- [Father Cassidy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xviii-father-cassidy.md)
- [Friends Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xix-friends-again.md)
- [By Aerial Post](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xx-by-aerial-post.md)
- [Romantic but Not Comfortable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxi-romantic-but-not-comfortable.md)
- [Wyther Grange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxii-wyther-grange.md)
- [XXIII: Deals with Ghosts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxiii-deals-with-ghosts.md)
- [A Different Kind of Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxiv-a-different-kind-of-happiness.md)
- [XXV: "She Couldn't Have Done It"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxv-she-couldn-t-have-done-it.md)
- [On the Bay Shore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxvi-on-the-bay-shore.md)
- [The Vow of Emily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxvii-the-vow-of-emily.md)
- [A Weaver of Dreams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxviii-a-weaver-of-dreams.md)
- [XXIX: Sacrilege](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxix-sacrilege.md)
- [When the Curtain Lifted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxx-when-the-curtain-lifted.md)
- [XXXI: Emily’s Great Moment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxxi-emily-s-great-moment.md)

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