# The Professor’s House — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Professor’s House by Willa Cather.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter opens with a brief epigraph: a quoted line from Louie Marsellus, musing about a turquoise set in dull silver. This fragment serves as a thematic introduction to the novel.
- [The Professor's House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/the-professor-s-house.md): The chapter opens with Professor St. Peter alone in his old, dismantled house, reflecting on his life and the changes that have occurred. He is surrounded by the remnants of his past, including his old study, which he ha
- [Book I: The Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/book-i-the-family.md): The chapter introduces Professor St. Peter and his family, focusing on the dynamics within the household as they prepare for a dinner party. The professor feels disconnected from his wife and daughters, reflecting on his
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/i.md): Professor St. Peter is alone in the dismantled house he has lived in since his marriage, reflecting on the inconveniences he endured and the memories of his past, particularly his childhood by Lake Michigan. He is reluct
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/ii.md): The chapter opens with the St. Peter family preparing for a dinner party with Sir Edgar Spilling, an English scholar. The conversation reveals tensions between the Professor and his wife, Lillian, over his intolerance to

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- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [Book II: Tom Outland's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/book-ii-tom-outland-s-story.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Book III: The Professor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/book-iii-the-professor.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_professor_s_house_se/chapters/v.md)

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