The Bent Twig
by Dorothy Canfield FISHER (1879 - 1958)
Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by favored daughter, Sylvia Marshall. Her father is an economics professor in a Midwestern state university and she is following in his inquisitive footsteps. Canfield writes this in a matter-of-fact manner with Tarkingtonesque good humor. ( Summary by BellonaTimes )
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The Bent Twig:
IX The End Of Childhood ,
X Sylvia's First Glimpse Of Modern Civilization ,
XI Arnold's Future Is Casually Decided ,
XII One Man's Meat ,
XIII An Instrument In Tune ,
XIV Higher Education ,
XIX As A Bird Out Of A Snare ,
XL A Call From Home ,
XLI Home Again ,
XLII "_Strange that we creatures of the petty ways ,
XLIII "_Call now; is there any that will answer thee_?" ,
XLIV "_A bruised reed will He not break ,
XLV "_That our soul may swim ,
XLVI A Long Talk With Arnold ,
XLVII "...And All The Trumpets Sounded!" ,
XV Mrs. Draper Blows The Coals ,
XVI Playing With Matches ,
XVII Mrs. Marshall Sticks To Her Principles ,
XVIII Sylvia Skates Merrily On Thin Ice ,
XX "Blow, Wind; Swell, Billow; And Swim, Bark!" ,
XXI Some Years During Which Nothing Happens ,
XXII A Grateful Carthaginian ,
XXIII More Talk Between Young Moderns ,
XXIV Another Brand Of Modern Talk ,
XXIX A Hypothetical Livelihood ,
XXV Nothing In The Least Modern ,
XXVI Molly In Her Element ,
XXVII Between Windward And Hemlock Mountains ,
XXVIII Sylvia Asks Herself "Why Not?" ,
XXX Arnold Continues To Dodge The Renaissance ,
XXXI Sylvia Meets With Pity ,
XXXII Much Ado ,
XXXIII "Whom God Hath Joined..." ,
XXXIV Sylvia Tells The Truth ,
XXXIX Sylvia Drifts With The Majority ,
XXXV "A Milestone Passed, The Road Seems Clear" ,
XXXVI The Road Is Not So Clear ,
XXXVII "... _His wife and children perceiving it ,
XXXVIII Sylvia Comes To The Wicket Gate