# In the Days of the Comet — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph sets a prophetic and hopeful tone, invoking the renewal of the world and the return of a golden age, with imagery of the Earth shedding its worn skin like a snake and faiths and empires fading like dissolvin
- [In the Days of the Comet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/in-the-days-of-the-comet.md): The narrator reflects on the world before the comet's arrival, a time of social unrest, personal bitterness, and looming change. He describes his own resentments and the oppressive atmosphere of class division, setting t
- [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/prologue.md): The narrator encounters a gray-haired man writing in a high tower room with a distant view of sea and city. The room's appointments are orderly and strange, suggesting a utopian future. The writer explains he is writing 
- [Book the First: The Comet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/book-the-first-the-comet.md): The opening chapter introduces the impending arrival of a comet, which becomes a focal point for various characters and their personal conflicts. The narrative sets the stage for the transformative events to come, highli
- [I: Dust in the Shadows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i-dust-in-the-shadows.md): The narrator, Willie Leadford, begins his account of the Great Change by recalling his youth in the grimy industrial towns of the Midlands. He describes his friendship with Parload, a stargazer obsessed with a new comet,

> 75 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=in_the_days_of_the_comet_se_1286kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [II: Nettie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii-nettie.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [III: The Revolver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii-the-revolver.md)
- [The Comet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [IV: War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv-war.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [The Pursuit of the Two Lovers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v-the-pursuit-of-the-two-lovers.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Book the Second: The Green Vapors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/book-the-second-the-green-vapors.md)
- [The Change](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i-the-change.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Awakening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [II: The Awakening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii-the-awakening.md)
- [The Great Change Begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [The Cabinet Council](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii-the-cabinet-council.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Book the Third: The New World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/book-the-third-the-new-world.md)
- [I: Love After the Change](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i-love-after-the-change.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [II: My Mother’s Last Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii-my-mother-s-last-days.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Beltane and New Year’s Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii-beltane-and-new-year-s-eve.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [The Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/chapters/the-epilogue.md)

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