# The Good Companions — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to Hugh Walpole, celebrating a friendship that has endured and even thrived despite their collaboration.
- [The Good Companions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/the-good-companions.md): The newly formed troupe, The Good Companions, prepares for their first performance. The chapter introduces the characters and their collective excitement and nervousness as they come together for the first time.
- [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/book-i.md): The opening of the novel introduces the three main characters—Jess Oakroyd, Miss Elizabeth Trant, and Inigo Jollifant—each in their own separate, discontented circumstances. Jess Oakroyd, a Yorkshire working man, feels t
- [Mr. Oakroyd Leaves Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i-mr-oakroyd-leaves-home.md): Jess Oakroyd, a joiner at Higden's mill in Bruddersford, is sacked from his job. After a tense confrontation with his wife, who insists on taking in a lodger named Albert Tuggridge, and feeling alienated from his son Leo
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter opens with a sweeping description of the Pennine landscape and the industrial towns of Yorkshire, focusing on Bruddersford on a Saturday afternoon. It vividly portrays the communal passion for football, parti

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- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Miss Trant Takes a Holiday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii-miss-trant-takes-a-holiday.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [III: Inigo Jollifant Quotes Shakespeare and Departs in the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii-inigo-jollifant-quotes-shakespeare-and-departs-in-the-night.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Mr. Oakroyd on t'Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv-mr-oakroyd-on-t-road.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Miss Trant Is Almost a Second Columbus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v-miss-trant-is-almost-a-second-columbus.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Inigo Meets a Member of the Profession and Turns Pianist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/vi-inigo-meets-a-member-of-the-profession-and-turns-pianist.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/book-ii.md)
- [In Which They All Become "Good Companions"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i-in-which-they-all-become-good-companions.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [The Dinner at The Royal Standard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [II: Very Short, and Devoted to Rehearsals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii-very-short-and-devoted-to-rehearsals.md)
- [In Which Colonel Trant's Daughter Goes Into Action, Sticks to Her Guns, and May Be Considered Victorious](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii-in-which-colonel-trant-s-daughter-goes-into-action-sticks-to-her-guns-and-may-be-considered-victorious.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Mr. Oakroyd Plays "The Hunted Man" for a Short Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv-mr-oakroyd-plays-the-hunted-man-for-a-short-season.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Inigo Jumps Out of a Train and Finds Himself in Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v-inigo-jumps-out-of-a-train-and-finds-himself-in-love.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [The Black Week](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/vi-the-black-week.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [All Stolen from the Mail Bag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/vii-all-stolen-from-the-mail-bag.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/book-iii.md)
- [A Wind in the Triangle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i-a-wind-in-the-triangle.md)
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [A Chapter of Encounters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii-a-chapter-of-encounters.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [III: Inigo in Wonderland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii-inigo-in-wonderland.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Inigo's London Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Susie's Birthday and the Great Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [A Benefit Performance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv-a-benefit-performance.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Long, and Full of Salvage Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v-long-and-full-of-salvage-work.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/epilogue.md)

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