# Maria Chapdelaine — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon.

- [I: Peribonka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/i-peribonka.md): Maria Chapdelaine and her father Samuel attend Sunday mass at Peribonka, then dine with relatives before returning home. Along the way, they encounter François Paradis, a young woodsman who recalls Maria from childhood a
- [Home in the Clearing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/ii-home-in-the-clearing.md): Maria Chapdelaine returns home from Peribonka to her family's remote farmstead. The chapter depicts the family's evening routine, including a visit from neighbor Eutrope Gagnon, discussions about the harsh winter and spr
- [III: François Passes By](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/iii-fran-ois-passes-by.md): François Paradis visits the Chapdelaine home late one night, rekindling memories and stirring new emotions in Maria. His arrival marks the beginning of spring and the thaw, and his tales of life in the wilderness contras
- [IV: Wild Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/iv-wild-land.md): With the arrival of true spring weather, Esdras and Da'Bé return from the shanties, and the Chapdelaine family, along with their hired man Edwige Légaré, begin the arduous task of 'making land'—clearing the forest to exp
- [The Vows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/v-the-vows.md): The Chapdelaine family and their neighbors gather on the eve of Sainte Anne's Day. The conversation turns to the hardships of the past versus the present, with Legare recounting the brutal conditions of building the rail

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- [VI: The Stuff of Dreams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/vi-the-stuff-of-dreams.md)
- [VII: A Meager Reaping](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/vii-a-meager-reaping.md)
- [Entrenched Against Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/viii-entrenched-against-winter.md)
- [IX: One Thousand Aves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/ix-one-thousand-aves.md)
- [Straying Tracks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/x-straying-tracks.md)
- [XI: The Interpreter of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/xi-the-interpreter-of-god.md)
- [XII: Love Bearing Gifts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/xii-love-bearing-gifts.md)
- [XIII: Love Bearing Chains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/xiii-love-bearing-chains.md)
- [XIV: Into the Deep Silence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/xiv-into-the-deep-silence.md)
- [That We Perish Not](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/xv-that-we-perish-not.md)
- [XVI: Pledged to the Race](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/xvi-pledged-to-the-race.md)

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