# Huntingtower — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Huntingtower by John Buchan.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the story to W. P. Ker, Professor of Poetry at Oxford, and traces the ancestry of the hero Dickson McCunn back to the Nicol Jarvies, linking him to Rob Roy and the Gorbals Die-Hards.
- [Huntingtower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/huntingtower.md): Dickson McCunn, a retired grocer, feels a restless longing for adventure and decides to go on a walking trip in the Scottish countryside. He meets the poet John Heritage, and together they discover an old house called Hu
- [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/prologue.md): In January 1916, during World War I, a young woman named Saskia visits her friend Quentin, who is recovering from a leg wound, in a room of the Nirski Palace in Russia. They reminisce about their childhood in Paris and d
- [I: How a Retired Provision Merchant Felt the Impulse of Spring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/i-how-a-retired-provision-merchant-felt-the-impulse-of-spring.md): Mr. Dickson McCunn, a recently retired provision merchant, awakens to a spring morning feeling rejuvenated after using a new safety razor. He decides to embrace his newfound freedom by embarking on a walking holiday alon
- [II: Of Mr. John Heritage and the Difference in Points of View](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/ii-of-mr-john-heritage-and-the-difference-in-points-of-view.md): Dickson McCunn and John Heritage engage in a heated debate about romanticism versus realism, class perspectives, and the nature of truth. Dickson then begins his walking journey, encountering various characters that chal

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- [III: How Childe Roland and Another Came to the Dark Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/iii-how-childe-roland-and-another-came-to-the-dark-tower.md)
- [IV: Dougal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/iv-dougal.md)
- [V: Of the Princess in the Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/v-of-the-princess-in-the-tower.md)
- [VI: How Mr. McCunn Departed with Relief and Returned with Resolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/vi-how-mr-mccunn-departed-with-relief-and-returned-with-resolution.md)
- [VII: Sundry Doings in the Mirk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/vii-sundry-doings-in-the-mirk.md)
- [VIII: How a Middle-Aged Crusader Accepted a Challenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/viii-how-a-middle-aged-crusader-accepted-a-challenge.md)
- [IX: The First Battle of the Cruives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/ix-the-first-battle-of-the-cruives.md)
- [X: Deals with an Escape and a Journey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/x-deals-with-an-escape-and-a-journey.md)
- [XI: Gravity Out of Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xi-gravity-out-of-bed.md)
- [How Mr. McCunn Committed an Assault Upon an Ally](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xii-how-mr-mccunn-committed-an-assault-upon-an-ally.md)
- [XIII: The Coming of the Danish Brig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xiii-the-coming-of-the-danish-brig.md)
- [XIV: The Second Battle of the Cruives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xiv-the-second-battle-of-the-cruives.md)
- [XV: The Gorbals Die-Hards Go Into Action](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xv-the-gorbals-die-hards-go-into-action.md)
- [XVI: In Which a Princess Leaves a Dark Tower and a Provision Merchant Returns to His Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/xvi-in-which-a-princess-leaves-a-dark-tower-and-a-provision-merchant-returns-to-his-family.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/huntingtower_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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