# Saragossa — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Saragossa by Benito Pérez Galdós.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph, drawn from Napier's Peninsular War, foreshadows the enduring legacy of Zaragoza's heroic resistance, framing the city as a timeless monument of Spanish valor amidst the obscurity of history.
- [Saragossa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/saragossa.md): The chapter 'Saragossa' from 'Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor' presents a vivid narrative of the siege of Saragossa, focusing on the heroic resistance of its inhabitants against the French forces. It details the inte
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator and three companions, having escaped from French captivity, arrive in Saragossa on the evening of the eighteenth. Exhausted and nearly penniless, they wander the city and take shelter among the ruins of the 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/ii.md): The narrator and Don Roque, accompanied by two others, are guided through the ruined streets of Saragossa by a loquacious beggar named Sursum Corda. Despite their hunger and impatience, Sursum Corda regales them with viv
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/iii.md): Don José de Montoria is not at home, so Don Roque and the narrator (Don Araceli) travel to his country house (torre) outside Saragossa. They find him cutting down olive trees as part of the defensive preparations for a s

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Eleventh Day: The Breach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [The Nightmare of Surrender](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/saragossa_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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