# World’s End — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for World’s End by Richard Jefferies.

- [Book I: Facts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/book-i-facts.md): The chapter introduces the factual and legal framework surrounding the Waldron inheritance, detailing the circumstances of Jason Waldron's murder on his wedding day and the subsequent loss of Violet's fortune. It establi
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter traces the mythical and natural origins of Stirmingham, attributing its foundation to a water-rat that gnawed through the root of a willow tree, causing the tree to fall and dam a brook, which eventually crea
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ii.md): Old Sibbold, a miserly farmer, tyrannizes his sons Arthur and James on his barren estate, Wick. He claims ownership of the Lea marsh and persecutes the basket-makers who have settled there, refusing a quit-rent and burni
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/iii.md): This chapter details the rise of Sternhold Baskette, who inherits his father Romy's genius and transforms Stirmingham through railways and real estate. He buys out the Sibbold family and Swamp squatters, sending them to 
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/iv.md): This chapter details the rise of Sternhold Baskette's massive property development in Stirmingham, known as 'Baskette's Folly' or 'The Rookery,' and the subsequent efforts by the Corporation to lease and develop the land

> 42 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=world_s_end_se_1323kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Hero of Stirmingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/x.md)
- [The Tangled Web of Inheritance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Book II: Persons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/book-ii-persons.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [How suddenly the leaves go in the autumn!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [The Ship of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Book III: Results](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/book-iii-results.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [The Approaching Nuptials](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/x.md)
- [The Hole in the Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xiv.md)

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