# The Rescue — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Rescue by Joseph Conrad.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter opens with an epigraph from Chaucer's 'The Franklin's Tale', a quote expressing disbelief and lamentation at an unexpected and monstrous occurrence.
- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/dedication.md): The dedication page of the book, inscribing the tale to Frederic Courtland Penfield, the last American ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in gratitude for his rescue of distressed travelers during the outbreak of
- [Author’s Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/author-s-note.md): In this Author’s Note, Joseph Conrad reflects on the long interruption of his novel 'The Rescue,' which waited twenty years to be completed. He discusses the reasons for setting it aside, including doubts about his prose
- [The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/the-rescue.md): The chapter opens the narrative of 'The Rescue,' setting the stage for a romance of the shallows. It introduces the world and the circumstances that will bring the characters together, focusing on the sea and the strande
- [Part I: The Man and the Brig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/part-i-the-man-and-the-brig.md): The opening chapter sets the scene in the Malay Archipelago, a region steeped in adventure and colonial history. It reflects on the struggles of native peoples against Western powers and introduces the figure of a true a

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- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Part II: The Shore of Refuge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/part-ii-the-shore-of-refuge.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Part III: The Capture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/part-iii-the-capture.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Part IV: The Gift of the Shallows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/part-iv-the-gift-of-the-shallows.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Part V: The Point of Honour and the Point of Passion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/part-v-the-point-of-honour-and-the-point-of-passion.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Part VI: The Claim of Life and the Toll of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/part-vi-the-claim-of-life-and-the-toll-of-death.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_rescue_se/chapters/ix.md)

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