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The swing of the pendulum

Chapter 1: THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM
By Adriana Spadoni
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A recent college graduate reflects on the end of academic life and confronts shifting obligations, friendships, and expectations as she moves into the wider world. Through episodic scenes across three parts, the narrative traces her internal struggles between conventional roles and independent aspirations, interactions with peers and mentors, and moments of domestic and social adjustment. The book alternates introspective passages with campus and town episodes, showing how small decisions and changing relationships set the course for her future. Themes include transition, self-definition, and the tension between duty and personal desire.

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Title: The swing of the pendulum

Author: Adriana Spadoni

Release date: November 20, 2024 [eBook #74768]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Boni and Liveright, Inc, 1919

Credits: Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM

By ADRIANA SPADONI

BONI AND LIVERIGHT
Publishers
New York

Copyright, 1919,
BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.

All Rights Reserved

First printing, December, 1919
Second printing, February, 1920
Third printing, April, 1920
Fourth printing, August, 1920
Fifth printing, February, 1921

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

PART I
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
 
PART II
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
 
PART III
CHAPTER FORTY
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
CHAPTER FIFTY
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE