# Romola — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Romola by George Eliot.

- [Proem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/proem.md): The Proem introduces the setting of Florence in 1492, reflecting on the continuity of human experience across centuries. A Florentine spirit from the past returns to the city and observes its enduring landmarks, while th
- [Romola](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/romola.md): This chapter introduces the world of Romola, a historical novel set in Renaissance Florence. The narrative weaves together the lives of its central characters, including Romola, Tito Melema, and Baldassarre, against a ba
- [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/book-i.md): The opening of the novel introduces the world of Florence in 1492, a city on the brink of political and religious upheaval. We are introduced to Nello, the barber, and his shop as a hub of gossip and news. The chapter al
- [The Shipwrecked Stranger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/i-the-shipwrecked-stranger.md): In the bustling Mercato Vecchio of Florence, a crowd gathers to discuss political and religious tensions, including the recent death of Lorenzo de' Medici and the preaching of Fra Girolamo Savonarola. Amidst the chatter,
- [II: Breakfast for Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/ii-breakfast-for-love.md): In this chapter, the young stranger, Tito Melema, finds himself hungry and without money in the marketplace of Florence. He encounters Tessa, a young girl selling milk and bread, and charms her into giving him breakfast.

> 74 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=romola_se_1006kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Barber's Shop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/iii-the-barber-s-shop.md)
- [IV: First Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/iv-first-impressions.md)
- [V: The Blind Scholar and His Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/v-the-blind-scholar-and-his-daughter.md)
- [VI: Dawning Hopes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/vi-dawning-hopes.md)
- [A Learned Squabble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/vii-a-learned-squabble.md)
- [A Face in the Crowd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/viii-a-face-in-the-crowd.md)
- [A Man's Ransom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/ix-a-man-s-ransom.md)
- [X: Under the Plane-Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/x-under-the-plane-tree.md)
- [XI: Tito's Dilemma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xi-tito-s-dilemma.md)
- [XII: The Prize Is Nearly Grasped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xii-the-prize-is-nearly-grasped.md)
- [XIII: The Shadow of Nemesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xiii-the-shadow-of-nemesis.md)
- [XIV: The Peasants' Fair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xiv-the-peasants-fair.md)
- [XV: The Dying Message](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xv-the-dying-message.md)
- [XVI: A Florentine Joke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xvi-a-florentine-joke.md)
- [Under the Loggia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xvii-under-the-loggia.md)
- [XVIII: The Portrait](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xviii-the-portrait.md)
- [XIX: The Old Man’s Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xix-the-old-man-s-hope.md)
- [XX: The Day of the Betrothal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xx-the-day-of-the-betrothal.md)
- [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/book-ii.md)
- [Florence Expects a Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxi-florence-expects-a-guest.md)
- [The Prisoners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxii-the-prisoners.md)
- [XXIII: Afterthoughts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxiii-afterthoughts.md)
- [Inside the Duomo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxiv-inside-the-duomo.md)
- [XXV: Outside the Duomo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxv-outside-the-duomo.md)
- [XXVI: The Garment of Fear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxvi-the-garment-of-fear.md)
- [XXVII: The Young Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxvii-the-young-wife.md)
- [XXVIII: The Painted Record](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxviii-the-painted-record.md)
- [XXIX: A Moment of Triumph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxix-a-moment-of-triumph.md)
- [XXX: The Avenger's Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxx-the-avenger-s-secret.md)
- [XXXI: Fruit Is Seed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxi-fruit-is-seed.md)
- [XXXII: A Revelation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxii-a-revelation.md)
- [XXXIII: Baldassarre Makes an Acquaintance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxiii-baldassarre-makes-an-acquaintance.md)
- [No Place for Repentance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxiv-no-place-for-repentance.md)
- [XXXV: What Florence Was Thinking Of](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxv-what-florence-was-thinking-of.md)
- [XXXVI: Ariadne Discrowns Herself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxvi-ariadne-discrowns-herself.md)
- [XXXVII: The Tabernacle Unlocked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxvii-the-tabernacle-unlocked.md)
- [XXXVIII: The Black Marks Become Magical](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxviii-the-black-marks-become-magical.md)
- [XXXIX: A Supper in the Rucellai Gardens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxxix-a-supper-in-the-rucellai-gardens.md)
- [XL: An Arresting Voice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xl-an-arresting-voice.md)
- [XLI: Coming Back](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xli-coming-back.md)
- [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/book-iii.md)
- [XLII: Romola in Her Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xlii-romola-in-her-place.md)
- [XLIII: The Unseen Madonna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xliii-the-unseen-madonna.md)
- [XLIV: The Visible Madonna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xliv-the-visible-madonna.md)
- [XLV: At the Barber's Shop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xlv-at-the-barber-s-shop.md)
- [XLVI: By a Street Lamp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xlvi-by-a-street-lamp.md)
- [XLVII: Check](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xlvii-check.md)
- [XLVIII: Countercheck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xlviii-countercheck.md)
- [XLIX: The Pyramid of Vanities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xlix-the-pyramid-of-vanities.md)
- [L: Tessa Abroad and at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/l-tessa-abroad-and-at-home.md)
- [LI: Monna Brigida's Conversion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/li-monna-brigida-s-conversion.md)
- [A Prophetess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lii-a-prophetess.md)
- [On San Miniato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/liii-on-san-miniato.md)
- [The Evening and the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/liv-the-evening-and-the-morning.md)
- [LV: Waiting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lv-waiting.md)
- [LVI: The Other Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lvi-the-other-wife.md)
- [LVII: Why Tito Was Safe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lvii-why-tito-was-safe.md)
- [LVIII: A Final Understanding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lviii-a-final-understanding.md)
- [LIX: Pleading](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lix-pleading.md)
- [LX: The Scaffold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lx-the-scaffold.md)
- [LXI: Drifting Away](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxi-drifting-away.md)
- [The Benediction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxii-the-benediction.md)
- [LXIII: Ripening Schemes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxiii-ripening-schemes.md)
- [LXIV: The Prophet in His Cell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxiv-the-prophet-in-his-cell.md)
- [LXV: The Trial by Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxv-the-trial-by-fire.md)
- [A Masque of the Furies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxvi-a-masque-of-the-furies.md)
- [LXVII: Waiting by the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxvii-waiting-by-the-river.md)
- [LXVIII: Romola’s Waking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxviii-romola-s-waking.md)
- [LXIX: Homeward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxix-homeward.md)
- [LXX: Meeting Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxx-meeting-again.md)
- [The Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxxi-the-confession.md)
- [LXXII: The Last Silence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lxxii-the-last-silence.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/epilogue.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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