# His Family — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for His Family by Ernest Poole.

- [His Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/his-family.md): Roger Gale reflects on the changing landscape of New York and his family's place within it. He dines with his daughter Laura, whose upcoming wedding disrupts the household. His other daughter Deborah confides about her r
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/i.md): Roger Gale, a rugged man nearing sixty, reflects on his life while playing chess with his daughter Edith. He recalls his youth in New Hampshire, his move to New York, his marriage to Judith, the death of their infant son
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/ii.md): Roger Gale lies in bed, reflecting on his children—Edith's pregnancy, Bruce's relentless work, Deborah's teaching in the tenements, and Laura's wild behavior—and resolves to know them better. Later, Deborah returns home 
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/iii.md): Roger Gale attempts to connect with his daughter Laura by discussing modern books and plays, but she is preoccupied with her own news. She reveals her engagement to Harold Sloane, a young broker, and introduces him to Ro
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/iv.md): Roger breakfasts with Deborah and learns she went dancing with Allan Baird at the Astor Roof, where they encountered a flabbergasted Laura. Roger then reveals Laura's engagement to Harold Sloane. Deborah questions Laura 

> 39 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=his_family_se_1333kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Deborah's Big Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [A Season of Quiet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [Chapter XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [Chapter XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/his_family_se/chapters/xliv.md)

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