# The Turmoil — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Turmoil by Booth Tarkington.

- [The Turmoil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/the-turmoil.md): The chapter introduces the Sheridan family and the industrial city, focusing on Bibbs Sheridan's return from a sanitarium and his struggle to fit into his father's world of business and ambition.
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter describes the transformation of a midland city from a leisurely, neighborly town into a dirty, industrial metropolis driven by the relentless pursuit of bigness and wealth. It contrasts the old, clean, and un
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/ii.md): This chapter introduces Bibbs Sheridan, the 'disappointment' of the Sheridan family, a frail and nervous young man who failed in the machine shop and was sent to a sanitarium. His father, James Sheridan, a self-made indu
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/iii.md): Bibbs Sheridan returns home from the sanitarium, met at the station by his sister Edith. During the car ride to the New House, Edith discusses family dynamics, social climbing, and the Sheridans' desire to be accepted by
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/iv.md): Bibbs Sheridan returns home to the New House, a grand but impersonal mansion built by his father. He is greeted by his sister Edith and the household staff, and after resting, he observes the neighboring Vertrees house f

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- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [Chapter XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)

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