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A chapter is one of the main divisions of a piece of writing of relative length, such as a book of prose, poetry, or law. In each case, chapters can be numbered or titled or both. An example of a chapter that has become well known is "Down the Rabbit-Hole", which is the first chapter from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. The "§" symbol is commonly used to represent a chapter. ==Unusual numbering schemes== In works of fiction, authors sometimes number their chapters eccentrically, often as a metafictional statement. For example: *''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' by Mark Haddon only has chapters which are prime numbers. *''At Swim-Two-Birds'' by Flann O'Brien has the first page titled ''Chapter 1'', but has no further chapter divisions. *''God, A Users Guide'' by Seán Moncrieff is chaptered backwards (i.e., the first chapter is chapter 20 and the last is chapter 1). The novel ''The Running Man'' by Stephen King also uses a similar chapter numbering scheme. *Every novel in the series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' by Lemony Snicket has thirteen chapters, except the final installment (''The End''), which has a fourteenth chapter formatted as its own novel. *''Mammoth'' by John Varley, has the chapters ordered in chronological order from the point of view of a non-time-traveler, but, as most of the characters travel through time, this leads to the chapters defying the conventional order 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chapter (books)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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