# News from Nowhere — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for News from Nowhere by William Morris.

- [Discussion and Bed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/i-discussion-and-bed.md): The narrator attends a League meeting where a heated but good-tempered discussion about the future of a fully-developed new society takes place among six participants with divergent Anarchist views. After the meeting, he
- [II: A Morning Bath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/ii-a-morning-bath.md): The narrator awakens on a summer morning, disoriented to find the season changed from winter to early June. He goes for a swim in the Thames and is astonished by the transformation of the riverbanks: the industrial works
- [The Guest House and the Breakfast Therein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/iii-the-guest-house-and-the-breakfast-therein.md): The narrator lingers to admire the Guest House, built on the site of his old dwelling, and is struck by its beautiful architecture and frescoes. Inside, three young women greet him warmly and serve a simple but delicatel
- [IV: A Market by the Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/iv-a-market-by-the-way.md): The narrator and Dick travel through Hammersmith, now transformed into a pastoral landscape with beautiful houses and gardens. They arrive at a splendid market square featuring a magnificent hall and an octagonal theatre
- [Children on the Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/v-children-on-the-road.md): The Guest and Dick travel through Kensington, observing the transformed Houses of Parliament used as a market and manure store, and then enter Kensington Wood. They encounter many children living in tents and playing fre

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- [VI: A Little Shopping](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/vi-a-little-shopping.md)
- [VII: Trafalgar Square](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/vii-trafalgar-square.md)
- [An Old Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/viii-an-old-friend.md)
- [IX: Concerning Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/ix-concerning-love.md)
- [X: Question and Answers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/x-question-and-answers.md)
- [XI: Concerning Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xi-concerning-government.md)
- [XII: Concerning the Arrangement of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xii-concerning-the-arrangement-of-life.md)
- [XIII: Concerning Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xiii-concerning-politics.md)
- [XIV: How Matters Are Managed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xiv-how-matters-are-managed.md)
- [XV: On the Lack of Incentive to Labour in a Communist Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xv-on-the-lack-of-incentive-to-labour-in-a-communist-society.md)
- [XVI: Dinner in the Hall of the Bloomsbury Market](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xvi-dinner-in-the-hall-of-the-bloomsbury-market.md)
- [How the Change Came](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xvii-how-the-change-came.md)
- [XVIII: The Beginning of the New Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xviii-the-beginning-of-the-new-life.md)
- [XIX: The Drive Back to Hammersmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xix-the-drive-back-to-hammersmith.md)
- [The Hammersmith Guesthouse Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xx-the-hammersmith-guesthouse-again.md)
- [XXI: Going Up the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxi-going-up-the-river.md)
- [XXII: Hampton Court and a Praiser of Past Times](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxii-hampton-court-and-a-praiser-of-past-times.md)
- [XXIII: An Early Morning by the Runnymede](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxiii-an-early-morning-by-the-runnymede.md)
- [XXIV: Up the Thames: The Second Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxiv-up-the-thames-the-second-day.md)
- [XXV: The Third Day on the Thames](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxv-the-third-day-on-the-thames.md)
- [XXVI: The Obstinate Refusers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxvi-the-obstinate-refusers.md)
- [XXVII: The Upper Waters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxvii-the-upper-waters.md)
- [XXVIII: The Little River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxviii-the-little-river.md)
- [A Resting-Place on the Upper Thames](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxix-a-resting-place-on-the-upper-thames.md)
- [The Journey's End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxx-the-journey-s-end.md)
- [XXXI: An Old House Amongst New Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxxi-an-old-house-amongst-new-folk.md)
- [The Feast's Beginning … The End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/xxxii-the-feast-s-beginning-the-end.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/news_from_nowhere_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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