# The Venetians — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Venetians by M. E. Braddon.

- [In the City by the Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/i-in-the-city-by-the-sea.md): Jack Vansittart, a wealthy young Englishman, spends a Carnival day in Venice. He meets Lisa Vivanti and her aunt, la Zia, at a concert hall on the Lido and brings them back to Venice. They dine on macaroni at a modest re
- [Afterthoughts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/ii-afterthoughts.md): Jack Vansittart reflects on the consequences of his fatal encounter in Venice, worrying about Fiordelisa's fate and his own safety. He lands in Marseilles, reads a newspaper account of the brawl, and resolves to conceal 
- [III: “Fairies!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/iii-fairies.md): Nearly three years after the fatal night in Venice, Jack Vansittart spends Christmas at Redwold Towers with his mother and sister Maud, now married to Sir Hubert Hartley. The chapter explores Jack's lingering guilt over 
- [The Prelude to Some Brighter World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/iv-the-prelude-to-some-brighter-world.md): At a ball, Vansittart seeks an introduction to Miss Marchant, using Mr. Tivett to facilitate the meeting. He dances with her and is captivated, while also fulfilling his social obligations to the Champernownes and Miss G
- [Teatime in Arcadia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/v-teatime-in-arcadia.md): Vansittart, haunted by the memory of Eve Marchant, spends ten days searching for her after the ball at Mandelford. Unable to find her, he decides to call at the Homestead, where he finds the Marchant sisters at tea. The 

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- [VI: Why Should He Refrain?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/vi-why-should-he-refrain.md)
- [He Would Take His Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/vii-he-would-take-his-time.md)
- [VIII: A Face in the Crowd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/viii-a-face-in-the-crowd.md)
- [IX: “Though Love, and Life, and Death Should Come and Go”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/ix-though-love-and-life-and-death-should-come-and-go.md)
- [X: “As Things That Are Not Shall These Things Be”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/x-as-things-that-are-not-shall-these-things-be.md)
- [One Thread in Life Worth Spinning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xi-one-thread-in-life-worth-spinning.md)
- [XII: “One Born to Love You, Sweet”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xii-one-born-to-love-you-sweet.md)
- [XIII: “The Time of Lovers Is Brief”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xiii-the-time-of-lovers-is-brief.md)
- [XIV: As a Spirit from Dream to Dream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xiv-as-a-spirit-from-dream-to-dream.md)
- [XV: “Love Should Be Absolute Love”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xv-love-should-be-absolute-love.md)
- [XVI: To Live Forgotten and Love Forlorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xvi-to-live-forgotten-and-love-forlorn.md)
- [XVII: “She Was More Fair Than Words Can Say”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xvii-she-was-more-fair-than-words-can-say.md)
- [The Shadow Passeth When the Tree Shall Fall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xviii-the-shadow-passeth-when-the-tree-shall-fall.md)
- [XIX: “He Said, ‘She Has a Lovely Face’ ”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xix-he-said-she-has-a-lovely-face.md)
- [XX: Peggy’s Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xx-peggy-s-chance.md)
- [From the Evil to Come](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxi-from-the-evil-to-come.md)
- [So Very Wilful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxii-so-very-wilful.md)
- [The Little Rift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxiii-the-little-rift.md)
- [XXIV: “Poor Kind Wild Eyes So Dashed with Light Quick Tears”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxiv-poor-kind-wild-eyes-so-dashed-with-light-quick-tears.md)
- [XXV: “And Every Gentle Passion Sick to Death”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxv-and-every-gentle-passion-sick-to-death.md)
- [Closer and Closer Swam the Thundercloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxvi-closer-and-closer-swam-the-thundercloud.md)
- [XXVII: “Thou Mayst Be False and Yet I Know It Not”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxvii-thou-mayst-be-false-and-yet-i-know-it-not.md)
- [XXVIII: In the Blue Chamber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxviii-in-the-blue-chamber.md)
- [XXIX: 'Tis Not the Same Now, Never More Can Be](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxix-tis-not-the-same-now-never-more-can-be.md)
- [XXX: A Double Exile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxx-a-double-exile.md)
- [XXXI: “Oh Tell Her, Brief Is Life, but Love Is Long”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxxi-oh-tell-her-brief-is-life-but-love-is-long.md)
- [A Scene of Light and Glory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxxii-a-scene-of-light-and-glory.md)
- [XXXIII: “Both Together, He Her God, She His Idol”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/xxxiii-both-together-he-her-god-she-his-idol.md)

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