# The Faraway Bride — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Faraway Bride by Stella Benson.

- [Author's Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/author-s-note.md): The author explains the inspiration for the novel from the Apocryphal Book of Tobit, drawing a parallel between exiled Jews and White Russian refugees in Manchuria. She details the historical and geographical setting of 
- [Author’s Request to Reader](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/author-s-request-to-reader.md): The author requests that the reader consult the appendix before starting the story, as the parallel between the narrative of The Faraway Bride and the appendix is intended to be kept in mind throughout the book.
- [The Faraway Bride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/the-faraway-bride.md): Seryozha and Wilfred Chew travel to Seoul, leaving Anna behind in despair. The chapter explores themes of exile, displacement, and the emotional detachment that accompanies separation.
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/i.md): Old Sergei and his son Seryozha journey through a gorge to bury three dead Russian soldiers. They encounter Chinese soldiers, argue about searching the dead, and bury the bodies with flowers. After pretending to leave, t
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/iii.md): Old Sergei attempts to deliver a deathbed speech to his son Seryozha, offering advice on loyalty, purity, and reputation, but his words are met with indifference and contradiction. Anna, preoccupied with a perceived slig

> 27 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_faraway_bride_se_673kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Appendix Tobit 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/appendix.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Tobit's Anxiety and Tobias's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faraway_bride_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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