# The Splendid Fairing — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Splendid Fairing by Constance Holme.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/dedication.md): The book is dedicated to Mabel and Jimmy Boscombe, dated March 28th to April 5th, 1919.
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/epigraph.md): A single line of verse introduces the novel's haunting tone, personifying the water as a persistent, sorrowful voice calling to the speaker through the night.
- [The Splendid Fairing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/the-splendid-fairing.md): Sarah and Simon travel to Witham, where Sarah learns she is going blind. She encounters May Fleming on the road, and they dine together. Later, Eliza confronts Sarah at a café, and the family visits Blindbeck Farm, where
- [Part I: Simon and Sarah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/part-i-simon-and-sarah.md): Simon and Sarah Thornthwaite travel to Witham to give up their farm at Sandholes. Sarah learns she is going blind and encounters May Fleming on the road. They dine together, and Eliza confronts Sarah at a café. Simon mee
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/i.md): Simon and Sarah Thornthwaite travel by trap to Witham, finally deciding to give up their failing farm, Sandholes, after years of struggle. Sarah reveals her worsening eyesight, and Simon becomes unnerved by a car that fo

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- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Part II: Eliza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/part-ii-eliza.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Part III: May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/part-iii-may.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Part IV: Geordie-an’-Jim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/part-iv-geordie-an-jim.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_fairing_se/chapters/iv.md)

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