# The Magic City — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Magic City by E. Nesbit.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/dedication.md): E. Nesbit dedicates the book to Barbara, Maurice, and Stephen Chant, dated 1910 from Well Hall, Eltham, Kent.
- [The Magic City](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/the-magic-city.md): Philip Haldane, a young boy, finds himself in a new home after his mother's remarriage. Feeling lonely and out of place, he begins building an elaborate city out of books, toys, and household objects. One night, the city
- [I: The Beginning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/i-the-beginning.md): Philip Haldane lives happily with his half-sister Helen in a little red-roofed house. Their idyllic life is disrupted when Helen meets a man, Peter Graham, and later announces her marriage to him. After the wedding, Hele
- [Deliverer or Destroyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/ii-deliverer-or-destroyer.md): Philip is captured by the city guards and brought before the captain, who questions him about his trespassing. Lucy arrives and Philip, angry at her presence, refuses to be friendly. They are taken to the Hall of Justice
- [Lost](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/iii-lost.md): Philip wakes up late at the Grange, feeling abandoned and guilty after learning that Lucy is missing. He overhears the nurse and cook discussing her disappearance and realizes that his magical city adventure was real. Mr

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- [IV: The Dragon-Slayer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/iv-the-dragon-slayer.md)
- [On the Carpet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/v-on-the-carpet.md)
- [VI: The Lions in the Desert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/vi-the-lions-in-the-desert.md)
- [VII: The Dwellers by the Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/vii-the-dwellers-by-the-sea.md)
- [Ups and Downs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/viii-ups-and-downs.md)
- [On the Lightning Loose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/ix-on-the-lightning-loose.md)
- [X: The Great Sloth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/x-the-great-sloth.md)
- [XI: The Night Attack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/xi-the-night-attack.md)
- [XII: The End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/xii-the-end.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magic_city_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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