The Bent Twig


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(4.8 stars; 19 reviews)

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 ) (18 hr 14 min)

Kapitel

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

Bewertungen

Depressing and Empty


(2 stars)

This is almost a good book/series, but the characters search the whole time for meaning in life, and never find it. God is the only one who can give real meaning to life. Instead they find a little satisfaction in caring about your fellow being more than yourself. But even helping your fellow man materially has no value if you can't also give them hope, lead them to God who alone can bring healing to their souls and meaning to their lives. It also dabbles in witchcraft as a source of comfort for those in mourning, which is something totally wicked that God has forbidden. If only someone would have told the characters that God loved them, that he could forgive their sin and break their chains of addiction, and could offer them a new life. You aren't trapped by addictions passed down to you from past generations, God can wash you clean and help you live a life worthy of him. For we are God's children. The wages of sin are death. But Jesus died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin and redeem us!