# The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane by Mark Rutherford.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph quotes Virgil's Aeneid and a Scots translation by Gawain Douglas, evoking themes of endurance through trials and the promise of a destined homeland.
- [The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/the-revolution-in-tanner-s-lane.md): The chapter details the internal upheaval within the Tanner's Lane congregation following George Allen's excommunication, highlighting the power struggles, religious hypocrisy, and the personal and political tensions tha
- [I: The World Outside](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/i-the-world-outside.md): Zachariah Coleman, a poor printer in Clerkenwell, witnesses the departure of Louis XVIII from London amid a cheering crowd. He refuses to remove his hat, is attacked by a drayman, and is rescued by a well-dressed strange
- [Outside Pike Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/ii-outside-pike-street.md): Major Maitland visits Zachariah's home, meets his wife, and discusses domestic life, politics, and religion. Zachariah attends a meeting of the Friends of the People Club, where debates about reform and revolution occur,
- [III: The Theatre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/iii-the-theatre.md): Major Maitland invites Zachariah and his wife to the theatre to see Edmund Kean in 'Othello'. Zachariah is delayed by work, and his wife grows impatient. She ultimately leaves with the Major, leaving a ticket and note fo

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- [IV: A Friend of the People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/iv-a-friend-of-the-people.md)
- [V: The Horizon Widens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/v-the-horizon-widens.md)
- [VI: Tea à la Mode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/vi-tea-la-mode.md)
- [VII: Jephthah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/vii-jephthah.md)
- [VIII: Unconventional Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/viii-unconventional-justice.md)
- [IX: A Strain on the Cable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/ix-a-strain-on-the-cable.md)
- [Disintegration by Degrees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/x-disintegration-by-degrees.md)
- [XI: Politics and Pauline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xi-politics-and-pauline.md)
- [XII: One Body and One Spirit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xii-one-body-and-one-spirit.md)
- [XIII: To the Greeks Foolishness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xiii-to-the-greeks-foolishness.md)
- [XIV: The School of Adversity: The Sixth Form Thereof](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xiv-the-school-of-adversity-the-sixth-form-thereof.md)
- [End of the Beginning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xv-end-of-the-beginning.md)
- [XVI: Cowfold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xvi-cowfold.md)
- [XVII: When Wilt Thou Arise Out of Thy Sleep? Yet a Little Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xvii-when-wilt-thou-arise-out-of-thy-sleep-yet-a-little-sleep.md)
- [A Religious Picnic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xviii-a-religious-picnic.md)
- [XIX: “The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like Unto Leaven”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xix-the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-like-unto-leaven.md)
- [The Reverend Thomas Broad’s Exposition of Romans 8:7](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xx-the-reverend-thomas-broad-s-exposition-of-romans-8-7.md)
- [XXI: The Wisdom of the Serpent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxi-the-wisdom-of-the-serpent.md)
- [XXII: The Oracle Warns—After the Event](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxii-the-oracle-warns-after-the-event.md)
- [XXIII: Further Development](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxiii-further-development.md)
- [XXIV: “I Came Not to Send Peace, but a Sword”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxiv-i-came-not-to-send-peace-but-a-sword.md)
- [XXV: “And a Man’s Foes Shall Be They of His Own Household”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxv-and-a-man-s-foes-shall-be-they-of-his-own-household.md)
- [XXVI: A Professional Consultation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxvi-a-professional-consultation.md)
- [Mr. Broad's Last Church Meeting—Latimer Chapel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/xxvii-mr-broad-s-last-church-meeting-latimer-chapel.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_revolution_in_tanner_s_lane_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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