# Theodore Savage — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Theodore Savage by Cicely Hamilton.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces Theodore Savage, a young civil servant living a comfortable, unambitious life in pre-catastrophe London. It contrasts his refined past with his later brutish existence. His first meeting with Phill
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/ii.md): Theodore Savage attends a gathering where a political debate unfolds about the likelihood of war. Markham argues that war is inevitable due to the herd instinct of humanity and the need for periodic destruction, while Ho
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/iii.md): Theodore becomes betrothed to Phillida Rathbone, but their joy is overshadowed by the escalating international crisis as the Federal Council votes for punitive action. Rathbone warns Theodore that war would separate him 
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/iv.md): Theodore and Markham discuss the inevitability of war and the dangers of technological progress as the crowd awaits midnight. Theodore is separated from Phillida in the crowd and visits Markham, who reflects on the failu
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/v.md): The chapter recounts the night when enemy air raids first struck England, as Theodore Savage remembers the details vividly. He is roused by young Hewlett to watch the distant fires and flashes. The next day, a flood of r

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- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [The Trial of Theodore Savage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [The Birth of a New Generation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/theodore_savage_se/chapters/xxiii.md)

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