# The Uncalled — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Uncalled by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/i.md): In the early morning in the impoverished section of Dexter, Ohio, a group of women gather at the home of the recently deceased Margaret Brent. After much bickering about who should stay to prepare the body, Miss Hester P
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/ii.md): Margaret Brent's funeral is held in a cold, fireless room. The community gathers, mostly women, and engages in gossip and judgment about her life and backsliding. The Rev. Mr. Simpson preaches a noisy, inconsequential se
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/iii.md): The women of Dexter gather at Mrs. Davis's home the day after Margaret Brent's funeral to decide the fate of her orphaned son, Fred. After discussing various options and rejecting the orphan asylum, Miss Hester Prime une
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/iv.md): Miss Prime takes in five-year-old Freddie Brent after his mother's funeral. The chapter describes her prim cottage, her rigid personality, and her struggle to care for the child. Eliphalet Hodges visits, and they discuss
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/v.md): After Margaret Brent's death, the community gossips about the fate of her son Freddie. Miss Hester Prime reveals to Mrs. Sallie Martin that she intends to raise the child herself, while Eliphalet Hodges also shows intere

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- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_uncalled_se/chapters/xvii.md)

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