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Bent Twig

Name: Bent Twig
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Read by Bellona Times · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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I Sylvia's Home (21:47)
II The Marshall's Friends (33:07)
III Brother And Sister (26:16)
IV Every One's Opinion Of Every One Else (14:00)
V Something About Husbands (18:43)
VI The Sights Of La Chance (36:24)
VII "We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident..." (50:51)
VIII Sabotage (26:47)
IX The End Of Childhood (23:31)
X Sylvia's First Glimpse Of Modern Civilization (21:18)
XI Arnold's Future Is Casually Decided (17:33)
XII One Man's Meat (16:10)
XIII An Instrument In Tune (14:33)
XIV Higher Education (18:55)
XV Mrs. Draper Blows The Coals (27:05)
XVI Playing With Matches (32:03)
XVII Mrs. Marshall Sticks To Her Principles (30:02)
XVIII Sylvia Skates Merrily On Thin Ice (29:47)
XIX As A Bird Out Of A Snare (24:59)
XX "Blow, Wind; Swell, Billow; And Swim, Bark!" (34:52)
XXI Some Years During Which Nothing Happens (9:09)
XXII A Grateful Carthaginian (27:25)
XXIII More Talk Between Young Moderns (26:45)
XXIV Another Brand Of Modern Talk (28:13)
XXV Nothing In The Least Modern (24:13)
XXVI Molly In Her Element (39:02)
XXVII Between Windward And Hemlock Mountains (25:29)
XXVIII Sylvia Asks Herself "Why Not?" (22:36)
XXIX A Hypothetical Livelihood (26:50)
XXX Arnold Continues To Dodge The Renaissance (18:21)
XXXI Sylvia Meets With Pity (30:07)
XXXII Much Ado (24:36)
XXXIII "Whom God Hath Joined..." (13:33)
XXXIV Sylvia Tells The Truth (33:21)
XXXV "A Milestone Passed, The Road Seems Clear" (18:29)
XXXVI The Road Is Not So Clear (19:15)
XXXVII "... _His wife and children perceiving it (20:24)
XXXVIII Sylvia Comes To The Wicket Gate (20:50)
XXXIX Sylvia Drifts With The Majority (32:06)
XL A Call From Home (20:20)
XLI Home Again (18:51)
XLII "_Strange that we creatures of the petty ways (6:51)
XLIII "_Call now; is there any that will answer thee_?" (14:31)
XLIV "_A bruised reed will He not break (8:33)
XLV "_That our soul may swim (11:21)
XLVI A Long Talk With Arnold (29:50)
XLVII "...And All The Trumpets Sounded!" (4:18)