# National Avenue — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for National Avenue by Booth Tarkington.

- [National Avenue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/national-avenue.md): Dan Oliphant's marriage to Lena McMillan is met with disapproval from his family, particularly his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Savage. The couple moves into a house on National Avenue, where Lena struggles with the prov
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces the Oliphant brothers, Harlan and Dan, contrasting their personalities and stately home on National Avenue. It describes their childhood differences: Harlan is fastidious and aristocratic, while Da
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/ii.md): Dan Oliphant graduates from university and spends time in New York, where he meets Lena McMillan through her brother George. Despite the McMillans' reserved hospitality, Dan is captivated by Lena and receives an invitati
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/iii.md): Dan Oliphant returns home from New York and walks with his childhood friend Martha Shelby. He confesses that he is engaged to a woman from New York, causing Martha to react with quiet sadness. Dan expresses his deep atta
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/iv.md): Dan Oliphant visits his grandmother, Mrs. Savage, who warns him against marrying a New York girl and mixing 'stocks.' She argues that the strongest American stock came from yeoman English settlers who moved west, while E

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- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Heat of the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The End of Dan Oliphant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/national_avenue_se/chapters/xxxi.md)

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