# Driven Back to Eden — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe.

- [Driven Back to Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/driven-back-to-eden.md): The family, having decided to leave the city for a healthier life, moves to a farm in Maizeville. They face the challenges of winter arrival, settling into an old farmhouse, and beginning their agricultural life with the
- [A Problem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/i-a-problem.md): The narrator reflects on the challenges of raising children in a cramped New York City flat. His wife is growing thin and irritable, Bobsey is wild and hard to manage, Merton is sullen and smoking cigarettes, and Winnie 
- [II: I State the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/ii-i-state-the-case.md): Robert Durham, troubled by the corrupting influences of city life on his children, shares with his wife Winifred his growing conviction that the family must move to the country. He argues that farming, though unfamiliar,
- [New Prospects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/iii-new-prospects.md): The family decides to move to the country after much discussion, believing it will be best for the children's moral and physical well-being. Bobsey provides a divine justification, and each child expresses hopes for the 
- [A Momentous Expedition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/iv-a-momentous-expedition.md): The family forgoes Christmas treats to buy agricultural books and supplies, embarking on a joyful expedition to a Broadway store. Each child selects books suited to their interests, and the father promises Merton a gun o

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- [A Country Christmas in a City Flat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/v-a-country-christmas-in-a-city-flat.md)
- [VI: A Bluff Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/vi-a-bluff-friend.md)
- [Mr. Jones Shows Me the Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/vii-mr-jones-shows-me-the-place.md)
- [Telling About Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/viii-telling-about-eden.md)
- [IX: “Breaking Camp”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/ix-breaking-camp.md)
- [Scenes on the Wharf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/x-scenes-on-the-wharf.md)
- [A Voyage Up the Hudson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xi-a-voyage-up-the-hudson.md)
- [A March Evening in Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xii-a-march-evening-in-eden.md)
- [Rescued and at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xiii-rescued-and-at-home.md)
- [Self-Denial and Its Reward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xiv-self-denial-and-its-reward.md)
- [Our Sunny Kitchen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xv-our-sunny-kitchen.md)
- [Making a Place for Chickens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xvi-making-a-place-for-chickens.md)
- [Good Bargains in Maple Sugar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xvii-good-bargains-in-maple-sugar.md)
- [Butternuts and Bobsey's Peril](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xviii-butternuts-and-bobsey-s-peril.md)
- [XIX: John Jones, Jun.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xix-john-jones-jun.md)
- [XX: Raspberry Lessons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xx-raspberry-lessons.md)
- [The "Vandoo"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxi-the-vandoo.md)
- [Early April Gardening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxii-early-april-gardening.md)
- [A Bonfire and a Feast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxiii-a-bonfire-and-a-feast.md)
- [No Blind Drifting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxiv-no-blind-drifting.md)
- [Owls and Antwerps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxv-owls-and-antwerps.md)
- [A Country Sunday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxvi-a-country-sunday.md)
- [Strawberry Visions and “Pertaters”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxvii-strawberry-visions-and-pertaters.md)
- [Corn, Color, and Music](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxviii-corn-color-and-music.md)
- [We Go A-Fishing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxix-we-go-a-fishing.md)
- [XXX: Weeds and Working for Dear Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxx-weeds-and-working-for-dear-life.md)
- [Nature Smiles and Helps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxi-nature-smiles-and-helps.md)
- [XXXII: Cherries, Berries, and Berry-Thieves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxii-cherries-berries-and-berry-thieves.md)
- [XXXIII: Given His Choice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxiii-given-his-choice.md)
- [Given a Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxiv-given-a-chance.md)
- [We Shall All Earn Our Salt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxv-we-shall-all-earn-our-salt.md)
- [A Thunderbolt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxvi-a-thunderbolt.md)
- [Rallying from the Blow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxvii-rallying-from-the-blow.md)
- [August Work and Play](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxviii-august-work-and-play.md)
- [A Trip to the Seashore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxix-a-trip-to-the-seashore.md)
- [A Visit to Houghton Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xl-a-visit-to-houghton-farm.md)
- [Hoarding for Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xli-hoarding-for-winter.md)
- [Autumn Work and Sport](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xlii-autumn-work-and-sport.md)
- [Thanksgiving Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xliii-thanksgiving-day.md)
- [We Can Make a Living in Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xliv-we-can-make-a-living-in-eden.md)

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