# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Mary Shelley.

- [A Tale of the Passions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/a-tale-of-the-passions.md): In 1268 Florence, during the Guelph triumph, the Ghibelline cobbler Cincolo and his Guelph wife Monna Gegia argue over their divided loyalties. A mysterious young stranger, Ricciardo de' Rossini, arrives seeking refuge, 
- [Ferdinando Eboli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/ferdinando-eboli.md): The chapter recounts the story of Count Ferdinando Eboli, a young noble who returns to Naples during the Napoleonic era to reclaim his patrimony and is betrothed to Adalinda, daughter of the Marchese Spina. After departi
- [The Sisters of Albano](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-sisters-of-albano.md): During an excursion to Lake Albano, the narrator's companion, Countess Atanasia, recounts the tragic story of Anina, a peasant girl whose love for Domenico Baldi, a bandit, leads to sorrow and separation. The tale unfold
- [The Evil Eye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-evil-eye.md): Zella, a mother, is consumed by fear and superstition after her son Constans is kidnapped by Dmitri of the Evil Eye, an Arnaoot klepht. Her husband Cyril, along with her father Old Camaraz, embarks on a perilous journey 
- [The False Rhyme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-false-rhyme.md): On a rainy July day, Queen Margaret of Navarre challenges her brother King Francis I after finding his cynical couplet about women's inconstancy. She bets she can prove a woman's fidelity within a month, citing the case 

> 28 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=short_fiction_38_se_982kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Mourner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-mourner.md)
- [The Swiss Peasant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-swiss-peasant.md)
- [Transformation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/transformation.md)
- [The Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-dream.md)
- [The Brother and Sister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-brother-and-sister.md)
- [The Invisible Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-invisible-girl.md)
- [The Pole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-pole.md)
- [The Mortal Immortal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-mortal-immortal.md)
- [The Elder Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-elder-son.md)
- [The Parvenue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-parvenue.md)
- [The Pilgrims](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-pilgrims.md)
- [Euphrasia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/euphrasia.md)
- [The Heir of Mondolfo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/the-heir-of-mondolfo.md)
- [Mathilda 9](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/mathilda.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Abbreviations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/abbreviations.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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