# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by E. M. Forster.

- [Albergo Empedocle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/albergo-empedocle.md): The narrator receives a letter from Harold in Naples, who describes his travels with Mildred and Sir Edwin, their plans to go to Sicily, and his improved health since becoming engaged. The narrator declines the invitatio
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i.md): The Peaslake party, including Harold and Mildred, travels from Palermo to Girgenti. Harold reveals a peculiar habit of pretending to be someone else to fall asleep, which concerns the others. Mildred tries to inspire ima
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii.md): Harold falls asleep in the ruins of the Temple of Zeus, and Mildred discovers him there. When he wakes, he reveals a mysterious memory of a past life, which Mildred initially embraces with excitement but soon finds unsat
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iii.md): Mildred, tormented by guilt and self-doubt after her exposure as a fraud, spirals into suspicion that Harold deliberately deceived her. Harold, meanwhile, becomes increasingly agitated and insists on his past life in Acr
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iv.md): Harold is forcibly taken to the Girgenti railway station and sent back to England, eventually being committed to an asylum. His behavior becomes increasingly unintelligible, and doctors conclude he merely believes he is 

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- [The Road from Colonus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-road-from-colonus.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Story of a Panic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-story-of-a-panic.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [The Other Side of the Hedge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-other-side-of-the-hedge.md)
- [The Eternal Moment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-eternal-moment.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [The Curate's Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-curate-s-friend.md)
- [The Celestial Omnibus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-celestial-omnibus.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Other Kingdom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/other-kingdom.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [The Machine Stops](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-machine-stops.md)
- [Part I: The Airship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/part-i-the-airship.md)
- [Part II: The Mending Apparatus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/part-ii-the-mending-apparatus.md)
- [Part III: The Homeless](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/part-iii-the-homeless.md)
- [Mr. Andrews](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/mr-andrews.md)
- [The Point of It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-point-of-it.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Coordination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/coordination.md)
- [The Story of the Siren](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-story-of-the-siren.md)

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