# Prince Otto — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Prince Otto by Robert Louis Stevenson.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates Prince Otto to Nelly van de Grift, recalling their shared past in an old wooden house in Oakland, the inhabitants now scattered, and his own ambitions for health and literary success. He sends the bo
- [Prince Otto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/prince-otto.md): The opening chapter introduces Prince Otto of Grünewald, a gentle but ineffective ruler, and his strained marriage with Princess Seraphina. It sets the stage for political intrigue as Baron Gondremark manipulates Seraphi
- [Book I: Prince Errant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/book-i-prince-errant.md): Prince Otto, weary of his royal duties and troubled by his strained marriage to Princess Seraphina, decides to leave the palace and wander incognito through his own principality. He encounters various subjects and reflec
- [In Which the Prince Departs on an Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/i-in-which-the-prince-departs-on-an-adventure.md): The chapter introduces the bygone state of Grünewald, a small German principality nestled in hilly, wooded terrain. As spring draws to a close, Prince Otto embarks on a hunt in the northwest corner of the principality. T
- [In Which the Prince Plays Haroun-al-Raschid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/ii-in-which-the-prince-plays-haroun-al-raschid.md): Prince Otto, incognito, overhears his subjects' harsh opinions of him and his court, including accusations of cowardice, corruption, and impending war, while learning of a wrestling incident that paradoxically shows his 

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- [In Which the Prince Comforts Age and Beauty and Delivers a Lecture on Discretion in Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/iii-in-which-the-prince-comforts-age-and-beauty-and-delivers-a-lecture-on-discretion-in-love.md)
- [In Which the Prince Collects Opinions by the Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/iv-in-which-the-prince-collects-opinions-by-the-way.md)
- [Book II: Of Love and Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/book-ii-of-love-and-politics.md)
- [What Happened in the Library](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/i-what-happened-in-the-library.md)
- [II: “On the Court of Grünewald,” Being a Portion of the Traveller’s Manuscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/ii-on-the-court-of-gr-newald-being-a-portion-of-the-traveller-s-manuscript.md)
- [III: The Prince and the English Traveller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/iii-the-prince-and-the-english-traveller.md)
- [While the Prince Is in the Anteroom…](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/iv-while-the-prince-is-in-the-anteroom.md)
- [Gondremark Is in My Lady's Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/v-gondremark-is-in-my-lady-s-chamber.md)
- [The Prince Delivers a Lecture on Marriage, with Practical Illustrations of Divorce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/vi-the-prince-delivers-a-lecture-on-marriage-with-practical-illustrations-of-divorce.md)
- [VII: The Prince Dissolves the Council](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/vii-the-prince-dissolves-the-council.md)
- [The Party of War Takes Action](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/viii-the-party-of-war-takes-action.md)
- [IX: The Price of the River Farm; in Which Vainglory Goes Before a Fall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/ix-the-price-of-the-river-farm-in-which-vainglory-goes-before-a-fall.md)
- [X: Gotthold’s Revised Opinion; and the Fall Completed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/x-gotthold-s-revised-opinion-and-the-fall-completed.md)
- [Providence von Rosen: Act the First](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/xi-providence-von-rosen-act-the-first.md)
- [Providence von Rosen: Act the Second](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/xii-providence-von-rosen-act-the-second.md)
- [Providence von Rosen: Act the Third](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/xiii-providence-von-rosen-act-the-third.md)
- [XIV: Relates the Cause and Outbreak of the Revolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/xiv-relates-the-cause-and-outbreak-of-the-revolution.md)
- [Fortunate Misfortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/book-iii-fortunate-misfortune.md)
- [Princess Cinderella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/i-princess-cinderella.md)
- [II: Treats of a Christian Virtue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/ii-treats-of-a-christian-virtue.md)
- [III: Providence von Rosen: Act the Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/iii-providence-von-rosen-act-the-last.md)
- [IV: Babes in the Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/iv-babes-in-the-wood.md)
- [Bibliographical Postscript to Complete the Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/prince_otto_se/chapters/bibliographical-postscript-to-complete-the-story.md)

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