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| Chapter | Summary |
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| On the Quai at Smyrna | An unnamed narrator relates what an officer told him about civilians huddled on the docks of Smyrna during a war. (Smyrn... Read More |
| Chapter 1 | An unnamed narrator tells of a march toward the Champagne region of France during a war. The narrator, a kitchen corpora... Read More |
| Indian Camp | Two Native Americans come to fetch a boy named Nick, his father, and his Uncle George. They all travel in two boats to a... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | An unnamed narrator gives a brief account of a procession of refugees on the road in wartime near the city of Adrianople... Read More |
| The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife | Nick's father has hired three Native Americans to cut up some logs on his property. They are Dick Boulton, his son Eddy,... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | The narrator, a soldier or officer, describes a battle with the Germans at Mons, presumably in Belgium. The man describe... Read More |
| The End of Something | The story begins with a short history of the town of Hortons Bay: "In the old days Hortons Bay was a lumbering town." Th... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | An officer or soldier describes "an absolutely perfect barricade" he and his fellow soldiers have placed on a bridge. Th... Read More |
| The Three-Day Blow | Nick walks through an orchard to a neighboring cottage to visit his friend Bill. A storm is coming, and Bill remarks, "S... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | The vignette describes the execution by firing squad: "They shot the six cabinet ministers at half-past six in the morni... Read More |
| The Battler | At the beginning of the story Nick stands up, reassuring himself he is all right. The narrator reveals that Nick had cli... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | Nick has been wounded in battle, hit in the spine. He has been dragged out of the line of fire and propped up against a ... Read More |
| A Very Short Story | An unnamed wounded soldier is carried up to the rooftop of a hospital where he is recovering to see the stars. When he r... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | A soldier in a trench prays to Jesus, begging Jesus to let him survive. He promises, "I'll tell every one in the world t... Read More |
| Soldier's Home | A soldier named Harold Krebs joins the Marines and serves in World War I. He remains in Germany until summer 1919, many ... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | In an American city, two Hungarian men break into a cigar store. Two policemen, Drevitts and Boyle, arrive at the scene.... Read More |
| The Revolutionist | A first-person narrator tells of a "revolutionist" from Hungary. In Hungary, the revolutionist was persecuted by "the Wh... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | Three matadors in succession fight in a bullfight in Spain. The first two are gored by the bulls. The second matador wal... Read More |
| Mr. and Mrs. Elliot | After a short courtship, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot marry in Boston and try to conceive a child. They take a boat to Europe; th... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | The vignette describes one moment of a bullfight. A white horse has been gored and its entrails hang down. The monos, or... Read More |
| Cat in the Rain | An American couple is staying at a seaside hotel in Italy. During a rainstorm, the wife looks out the window and sees a ... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | A crowd of bullfight enthusiasts watches a bullfight. The fight has been long and the torero, or main bullfighter, has p... Read More |
| Out of Season | A drunken day laborer named Peduzzi takes a married couple fishing. They walk through town, heading for the fishing spot... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | An unnamed narrator describes the bullfighting style of a torero named Villalta, elaborating on Villalta's skill with th... Read More |
| Cross-Country Snow | Nick Adams and a man named George ski down a mountain. Nick has a fall: "He went over and over in a clashing of skis, fe... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | The first-person narrator hears music coming from down the street. He looks in that direction and sees Luis, drunk and d... Read More |
| My Old Man | The first-person narrator, Joe, starts by describing his father's size. Given his father's build, he should have been "o... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | The bullfighter Maera lies face down in the ring. He can feel the bull goring him. He feels one thrust go all the way th... Read More |
| Big Two-Hearted River, Part I | Nick returns to his hometown, Seney, after the war. Seney has burned down and all the buildings are gone, but the founda... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | The narrator describes an execution by hanging. "They hanged Sam Cardinella at six o'clock in the morning in the corrido... Read More |
| Big Two-Hearted River, Part II | Nick wakes up in his fishing camp and makes coffee. He catches grasshoppers for bait. They are cold and wet with dew, so... Read More |
| L'Envoi | The King of Greece, working in his garden, greets the first-person narrator and introduces the queen. They sit at a tabl... Read More |
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