# When the World Shook — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/dedication.md): H. Rider Haggard dedicates the book to Earl Curzon of Kedleston, recalling Curzon's past kindness in defending him against a false accusation. Haggard offers the romance as a token of gratitude and invites Curzon to disc
- [When the World Shook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/when-the-world-shook.md): The chapter introduces the narrator, Humphrey Arbuthnot, and sets the stage for the great adventure involving Bastin, Bickley, and himself. It establishes the background and the impending journey that will lead them to t
- [I: Arbuthnot Describes Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/i-arbuthnot-describes-himself.md): Humphrey Arbuthnot introduces himself, his background, and his father, the Rev. Humphrey Arbuthnot, a learned but obscure vicar. He describes his own inheritance of abilities, his spiritual and mystical sense, and his ev
- [II: Bastin and Bickley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/ii-bastin-and-bickley.md): The narrator introduces his two closest friends, Bastin and Bickley, who are polar opposites in temperament and belief. Bastin is a simple, good-hearted clergyman with a literal faith, while Bickley is a skeptical surgeo
- [III: Natalie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/iii-natalie.md): The chapter details the death of Mrs. Bastin from heart disease after a jealous, frantic search for her husband, and Arbuthnot's first meeting with Natalie at a dinner in Rome, where he feels humiliated by his lack of mo

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- [IV: Death and Departure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/iv-death-and-departure.md)
- [V: The Cyclone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/v-the-cyclone.md)
- [Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/vi-land.md)
- [VII: The Orofenans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/vii-the-orofenans.md)
- [VIII: Bastin Attempts the Martyr's Crown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/viii-bastin-attempts-the-martyr-s-crown.md)
- [IX: The Island in the Lake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/ix-the-island-in-the-lake.md)
- [X: The Dwellers in the Tomb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/x-the-dwellers-in-the-tomb.md)
- [XI: Resurrection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xi-resurrection.md)
- [XII: Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xii-two-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-years.md)
- [XIII: Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xiii-oro-speaks-and-bastin-argues.md)
- [XIV: The Underworld](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xiv-the-underworld.md)
- [XV: Oro in His House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xv-oro-in-his-house.md)
- [Visions of the Past](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xvi-visions-of-the-past.md)
- [Yva Explains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xvii-yva-explains.md)
- [XVIII: The Accident](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xviii-the-accident.md)
- [XIX: The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xix-the-proposals-of-bastin-and-bickley.md)
- [XX: Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xx-oro-and-arbuthnot-travel-by-night.md)
- [XXI: Love's Eternal Altar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xxi-love-s-eternal-altar.md)
- [The Command](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xxii-the-command.md)
- [XXIII: In the Temple of Fate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xxiii-in-the-temple-of-fate.md)
- [XXIV: The Chariot of the Pit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xxiv-the-chariot-of-the-pit.md)
- [XXV: Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xxv-sacrifice.md)
- [XXVI: Tommy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xxvi-tommy.md)
- [XXVII: Bastin Discovers a Resemblance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/xxvii-bastin-discovers-a-resemblance.md)
- [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/epilogue.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_the_world_shook_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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