# Under Western Eyes — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the book to Agnes Tobin, acknowledging her gift of friendship from the distant West.
- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph presents a single, powerful quote from Miss Haldin, expressing a desperate willingness to accept liberty from any source, likening it to a starving person seizing bread.
- [Author's Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/author-s-note.md): Conrad reflects on the novel as a historical work, emphasizing its focus on the psychology of Russia rather than politics. He describes his creative process, the characters' origins, and his effort to maintain scrupulous
- [Under Western Eyes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/under-western-eyes.md): The narrator, a teacher of languages in Geneva, introduces the document that forms the basis of the story: a personal record written by Kirylo Sidorovitch Razumov. He describes Razumov as a tall, dark, well-proportioned 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-i-i.md): Victor Haldin, having assassinated de P——, seeks refuge in Razumov's rooms. He speaks passionately about the Russian soul, resignation, and his revolutionary mission, while Razumov, isolated and without family, grapples 

> 15 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=under_western_eyes_se_1166kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-i-ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-i-iii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-ii-i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-ii-ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-ii-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-ii-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-ii-v.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iii-i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iii-ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iii-iii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iv-i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iv-ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iv-iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iv-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/chapters/part-iv-v.md)

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