# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Anthony Trollope.

- [Relics of General Chassé](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/relics-of-general-chass.md): The narrator recounts an adventure in Antwerp involving his friend Mr. Horne, who loses his trousers and is forced to borrow the innkeeper's ill-fitting clothes. Later, at a gathering hosted by his cousin Miss Macmanus, 
- [The O'Conors of Castle Conor, County Mayo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-o-conors-of-castle-conor-county-mayo.md): The narrator, Archibald Green, recounts his first introduction to Irish country life through a hunting visit to the O'Conor family. After arriving in Ballyglass with no introductions, he eventually meets Tom O'Conor and 
- [The Courtship of Susan Bell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-courtship-of-susan-bell.md): The chapter follows the Bell family—widow Mrs. Bell and her daughters Hetta and Susan—living quietly in Saratoga Springs. Susan catches the attention of Aaron Dunn, a young railroad engineer, but their budding romance is
- [An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/an-unprotected-female-at-the-pyramids.md): A party of English and American tourists, including the Damer family, Mr. Ingram, M. Delabordeau, and the determined spinster Miss Dawkins, travel to the Pyramids. Miss Dawkins, an 'unprotected female,' maneuvers for soc
- [The Château of Prince Polignac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-ch-teau-of-prince-polignac.md): Mrs. Thompson, a widow with a comfortable income from her late husband's East India service, has settled in Le Puy, France, where she enjoys the inexpensive Hôtel des Ambassadeurs and the attentions of the polished M. La

> 108 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=short_fiction_4_se_1850kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/miss-sarah-jack-of-spanish-town-jamaica.md)
- [John Bull on the Guadalquivir](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/john-bull-on-the-guadalquivir.md)
- [La Mère Bauche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/la-m-re-bauche.md)
- [A Ride Across Palestine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/a-ride-across-palestine.md)
- [Mrs. General Talboys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/mrs-general-talboys.md)
- [The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-parson-s-daughter-of-oxney-colne.md)
- [The Man Who Kept His Money in a Box](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-man-who-kept-his-money-in-a-box.md)
- [The House of Heine Brothers, in Munich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-house-of-heine-brothers-in-munich.md)
- [Returning Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/returning-home.md)
- [Aaron Trow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/aaron-trow.md)
- [The Mistletoe Bough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-mistletoe-bough.md)
- [George Walker at Suez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/george-walker-at-suez.md)
- [The Journey to Panama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-journey-to-panama.md)
- [The Widow's Mite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-widow-s-mite.md)
- [The Two Generals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-two-generals.md)
- [Miss Ophelia Gledd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/miss-ophelia-gledd.md)
- [Malachi's Cove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/malachi-s-cove.md)
- [The Gentle Euphemia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-gentle-euphemia.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Father Giles of Ballymoy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/father-giles-of-ballymoy.md)
- [Lotta Schmidt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/lotta-schmidt.md)
- [The Adventures of Fred Pickering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-adventures-of-fred-pickering.md)
- [The Last Austrian Who Left Venice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-last-austrian-who-left-venice.md)
- [The Turkish Bath](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-turkish-bath.md)
- [Mary Gresley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/mary-gresley.md)
- [Josephine de Montmorenci](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/josephine-de-montmorenci.md)
- [The Panjandrum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-panjandrum.md)
- [Part I: Hope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-i-hope.md)
- [Part II: Despair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-ii-despair.md)
- [Part I: The Attempt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-i-the-attempt.md)
- [Part II: The Result](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/part-ii-the-result.md)
- [Mrs. Brumby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/mrs-brumby.md)
- [Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/christmas-day-at-kirkby-cottage.md)
- [What Maurice Archer Said About Christmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-what-maurice-archer-said-about-christmas.md)
- [II: Kirkby Cliffe Church](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-kirkby-cliffe-church.md)
- [III: Showing How Isabel Lownd Told a Lie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-showing-how-isabel-lownd-told-a-lie.md)
- [Showing How Isabel Lownd Repented Her Fault](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-showing-how-isabel-lownd-repented-her-fault.md)
- [I: Mary Tomkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-i-i-mary-tomkins.md)
- [II: The First Kiss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-i-ii-the-first-kiss.md)
- [III: Anastasia Fitzapplejohn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-i-iii-anastasia-fitzapplejohn.md)
- [That Sobered Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-ii-i-that-sobered-him.md)
- [II: Love Forgives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-ii-ii-love-forgives.md)
- [III: Squire Robinson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-ii-iii-squire-robinson.md)
- [The New Bishop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-iii-i-the-new-bishop.md)
- [II: The New Postmaster-General](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-iii-ii-the-new-postmaster-general.md)
- [III: “Till Another Young Man Came”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/volume-iii-iii-till-another-young-man-came.md)
- [Christmas at Thompson Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/christmas-at-thompson-hall.md)
- [Mrs. Brown’s Success](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-mrs-brown-s-success.md)
- [II: Mrs. Brown’s Failure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-mrs-brown-s-failure.md)
- [III: Mrs. Brown Attempts to Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-mrs-brown-attempts-to-escape.md)
- [Mrs. Brown Does Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-mrs-brown-does-escape.md)
- [Mrs. Brown at Thompson Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v-mrs-brown-at-thompson-hall.md)
- [Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/why-frau-frohmann-raised-her-prices.md)
- [The Brunnenthal Peacock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-the-brunnenthal-peacock.md)
- [II: The Beginning of Troubles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-the-beginning-of-troubles.md)
- [The Question of the Mitgift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-the-question-of-the-mitgift.md)
- [The Frau Returns to the Simplicity of the Old Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-the-frau-returns-to-the-simplicity-of-the-old-days.md)
- [A Zwanziger Is a Zwanziger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v-a-zwanziger-is-a-zwanziger.md)
- [Hoff the Butcher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vi-hoff-the-butcher.md)
- [VII: And Gold Becomes Cheap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii-and-gold-becomes-cheap.md)
- [It Doesn't Make Any Difference to Any of Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/viii-it-doesn-t-make-any-difference-to-any-of-them.md)
- [The Telegraph Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-telegraph-girl.md)
- [Lucy Graham and Sophy Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-lucy-graham-and-sophy-wilson.md)
- [Abraham Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-abraham-hall.md)
- [Sophy Wilson Goes to Hastings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-sophy-wilson-goes-to-hastings.md)
- [Mr. Brown the Hairdresser](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-mr-brown-the-hairdresser.md)
- [Abraham Hall Married](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v-abraham-hall-married.md)
- [The Lady of Launay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-lady-of-launay.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Became a Young Lady of Importance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-how-bessy-pryor-became-a-young-lady-of-importance.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Wouldn't Marry the Parson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-how-bessy-pryor-wouldn-t-marry-the-parson.md)
- [III: How Bessy Pryor Came to Love the Heir of Launay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-how-bessy-pryor-came-to-love-the-heir-of-launay.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Owned That She Was Engaged](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-how-bessy-pryor-owned-that-she-was-engaged.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Ceased to Be a Young Lady of Importance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v-how-bessy-pryor-ceased-to-be-a-young-lady-of-importance.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Was to Be Banished](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vi-how-bessy-pryor-was-to-be-banished.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Was Banished to Normandy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii-how-bessy-pryor-was-banished-to-normandy.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Received Two Letters from Launay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/viii-how-bessy-pryor-received-two-letters-from-launay.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Answered the Two Letters, and What Came of It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ix-how-bessy-pryor-answered-the-two-letters-and-what-came-of-it.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor's Lover Argued His Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/x-how-bessy-pryor-s-lover-argued-his-case.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Received Her Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/xi-how-bessy-pryor-received-her-lover.md)
- [How Bessy Pryor Was Brought Back, and What Then Became of Her](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/xii-how-bessy-pryor-was-brought-back-and-what-then-became-of-her.md)
- [Alice Dugdale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/alice-dugdale.md)
- [The Doctor's Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-the-doctor-s-family.md)
- [Major Rossiter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-major-rossiter.md)
- [Lady Wanless](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-lady-wanless.md)
- [IV: The Beethamites](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-the-beethamites.md)
- [The Invitation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v-the-invitation.md)
- [The Archery Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vi-the-archery-meeting.md)
- [After the Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii-after-the-party.md)
- [Sir Walter Up in London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/viii-sir-walter-up-in-london.md)
- [Lady Deepbell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ix-lady-deepbell.md)
- [The Bird That Pecked at the Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/x-the-bird-that-pecked-at-the-window.md)
- [The Two Heroines of Plumplington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-two-heroines-of-plumplington.md)
- [I: The Two Girls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-the-two-girls.md)
- [II: “Down I Shall Go”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-down-i-shall-go.md)
- [III: Mr. Greenmantle Is Much Perplexed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-mr-greenmantle-is-much-perplexed.md)
- [Jack Hollycombe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-jack-hollycombe.md)
- [V: Dr. Freeborn and Philip Hughes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/v-dr-freeborn-and-philip-hughes.md)
- [The Young Ladies Are to Be Taken Abroad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vi-the-young-ladies-are-to-be-taken-abroad.md)
- [The Young Ladies Are to Remain at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii-the-young-ladies-are-to-remain-at-home.md)
- [Christmas-Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/viii-christmas-day.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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