# The Blithedale Romance — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

- [The Blithedale Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/the-blithedale-romance.md): The narrator, Miles Coverdale, recounts his journey to Blithedale, a utopian farming community, where he meets the passionate reformer Hollingsworth, the beautiful and intellectual Zenobia, and the delicate Priscilla. Th
- [Old Moodie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/i-old-moodie.md): On the eve of his departure for Blithedale, Miles Coverdale encounters an elderly, shabby man named Old Moodie who asks to speak with him. Moodie hesitantly inquires about Coverdale's trip and mentions Zenobia, but ultim
- [Blithedale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/ii-blithedale.md): Coverdale recalls his journey from his comfortable bachelor quarters in the city to the Blithedale farm during a harsh April snowstorm, his arrival at the farmhouse with fellow idealists, and the warm welcome from Mrs. F
- [A Knot of Dreamers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/iii-a-knot-of-dreamers.md): Coverdale and the other new arrivals are welcomed to Blithedale by Zenobia, who speaks warmly to each. Coverdale is struck by Zenobia's beauty, vitality, and the exotic flower in her hair. The group discusses the divisio
- [IV: The Supper-Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/iv-the-supper-table.md): During a stormy night at Blithedale, the community's supper is interrupted by a knock at the door. Hollingsworth arrives with a mysterious, shivering young woman named Priscilla, who seems drawn only to Zenobia. Despite 

> 25 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_blithedale_romance_se_678kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Until Bedtime](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/v-until-bedtime.md)
- [VI: Coverdale’s Sick-Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/vi-coverdale-s-sick-chamber.md)
- [The Convalescent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/vii-the-convalescent.md)
- [A Modern Arcadia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/viii-a-modern-arcadia.md)
- [IX: Hollingsworth, Zenobia, Priscilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/ix-hollingsworth-zenobia-priscilla.md)
- [A Visitor from Town](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/x-a-visitor-from-town.md)
- [XI: The Wood-Path](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xi-the-wood-path.md)
- [XII: Coverdale's Hermitage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xii-coverdale-s-hermitage.md)
- [XIII: Zenobia's Legend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xiii-zenobia-s-legend.md)
- [Eliot's Pulpit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xiv-eliot-s-pulpit.md)
- [XV: A Crisis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xv-a-crisis.md)
- [XVI: Leave-Takings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xvi-leave-takings.md)
- [The Hotel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xvii-the-hotel.md)
- [XVIII: The Boardinghouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xviii-the-boardinghouse.md)
- [XIX: Zenobia’s Drawing-Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xix-zenobia-s-drawing-room.md)
- [XX: They Vanish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xx-they-vanish.md)
- [An Old Acquaintance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxi-an-old-acquaintance.md)
- [Fauntleroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxii-fauntleroy.md)
- [A Village Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxiii-a-village-hall.md)
- [The Masqueraders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxiv-the-masqueraders.md)
- [The Three Together](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxv-the-three-together.md)
- [XXVI: Zenobia and Coverdale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxvi-zenobia-and-coverdale.md)
- [XXVII: Midnight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxvii-midnight.md)
- [Blithedale Pasture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxviii-blithedale-pasture.md)
- [Miles Coverdale's Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/xxix-miles-coverdale-s-confession.md)

HTML index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters