# Moonfleet — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph sets a reflective tone, contrasting the eternal innocence of boyhood with the inevitable passage of time and change.
- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/dedication.md): The book is dedicated to all members of the Mohune family, both living and dead, who are associated with Fleet and Moonfleet in the county of Dorset.
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/epigraph.md): A smuggling song sets the scene for the novel, depicting a clandestine landing of contraband kegs under the cover of night, with the smugglers evading the Revenue officers, only to be threatened by the Preventive man who
- [Moonfleet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/moonfleet.md): The chapter introduces the village of Moonfleet and its inhabitants, focusing on the young orphan John Trenchard and his fascination with the local legend of Blackbeard's treasure. It sets the stage for the smuggling act
- [In Moonfleet Village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/i-in-moonfleet-village.md): John Trenchard, a fifteen-year-old orphan living with his strict aunt in the decaying village of Moonfleet, recalls an evening in October 1757. After reading the Arabian Nights, he steps outside and meets Ratsey the sext

> 18 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=moonfleet_se_1218kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [II: The Floods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/ii-the-floods.md)
- [III: A Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/iii-a-discovery.md)
- [In the Vault](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/iv-in-the-vault.md)
- [The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/v-the-rescue.md)
- [An Assault](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/vi-an-assault.md)
- [An Auction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/vii-an-auction.md)
- [The Landing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/viii-the-landing.md)
- [IX: A Judgement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/ix-a-judgement.md)
- [X: The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/x-the-escape.md)
- [XI: The Sea-Cave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xi-the-sea-cave.md)
- [A Funeral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xii-a-funeral.md)
- [An Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xiii-an-interview.md)
- [XIV: The Well-House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xiv-the-well-house.md)
- [The Well](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xv-the-well.md)
- [The Jewel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xvi-the-jewel.md)
- [At Ymeguen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xvii-at-ymeguen.md)
- [In the Bay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xviii-in-the-bay.md)
- [XIX: On the Beach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moonfleet_se/chapters/xix-on-the-beach.md)

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