# Mr. Standfast — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Mr. Standfast by John Buchan.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to the officers and men of the South African Infantry Brigade who served on the Western Front.
- [Mr. Standfast Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/mr-standfast.md): Richard Hannay is summoned from the front lines to undertake a new secret mission. He is instructed to go undercover as Cornelius Brand, a pacifist, to infiltrate a network of German spies operating in England. The chapt
- [The Wicket-Gate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-i-the-wicket-gate.md): Richard Hannay is summoned from the front by Bullivant and Macgillivray, who persuade him to undertake a new undercover mission as Cornelius Brand, a pacifist engineer from South Africa. He visits his wounded friend Blai
- [The Village Named Morality](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-ii-the-village-named-morality.md): Hannay, undercover as Cornelius Brand, immerses himself in the pacifist community of Biggleswick, categorizing the various anti-war factions and growing frustrated by their detachment from the war's reality. He finds com
- [The Reflections of a Cured Dyspeptic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-iii-the-reflections-of-a-cured-dyspeptic.md): Hannay meets with Blenkiron in London, who reveals his extensive undercover work among the British working class and his discovery of a high-level German spy network centered in England. Blenkiron identifies the mastermi

> 19 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=mr_standfast_se_831kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [IV: Andrew Amos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-iv-andrew-amos.md)
- [Various Doings in the West](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-v-various-doings-in-the-west.md)
- [VI: The Skirts of the Coolin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-vi-the-skirts-of-the-coolin.md)
- [I Hear of the Wild Birds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-vii-i-hear-of-the-wild-birds.md)
- [The Adventures of a Bagman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-viii-the-adventures-of-a-bagman.md)
- [IX: I Take the Wings of a Dove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-ix-i-take-the-wings-of-a-dove.md)
- [X: The Advantages of an Air Raid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-x-the-advantages-of-an-air-raid.md)
- [The Valley of Humiliation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-xi-the-valley-of-humiliation.md)
- [XII: I Become a Combatant Once More](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-i-xii-i-become-a-combatant-once-more.md)
- [The Adventure of the Picardy Château](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii-the-adventure-of-the-picardy-ch-teau.md)
- [Mr. Blenkiron Discourses on Love and War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv-mr-blenkiron-discourses-on-love-and-war.md)
- [St. Anton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xv-st-anton.md)
- [XVI: I Lie on a Hard Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xvi-i-lie-on-a-hard-bed.md)
- [XVII: The Col of the Swallows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii-the-col-of-the-swallows.md)
- [The Underground Railway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii-the-underground-railway.md)
- [XIX: The Cage of the Wild Birds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xix-the-cage-of-the-wild-birds.md)
- [The Storm Breaks in the West](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xx-the-storm-breaks-in-the-west.md)
- [How an Exile Returned to His Own People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xxi-how-an-exile-returned-to-his-own-people.md)
- [The Summons Comes for Mr. Standfast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_standfast_se/chapters/part-ii-xxii-the-summons-comes-for-mr-standfast.md)

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