Trumpet-Major
Thomas Hardy
Play
Length 11 h 48 min
Chapters 41
First published 1880
Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside. However, the arrival of several regiments preparing for an expected invasion brings colour and chaos to the county. A graceful and charming young woman, Anne is pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the trumpet-major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Robert, a merchant seaman and womaniser, and Festus Derriman, the cowardly son of the local squire. Set at the time of the Napoleonic wars, this is the author's only historical novel, and unusually for Hardy's books, some of the characters live happily ever after. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Cori Samuel.)
Chapters
1
Chapter 00 - Preface Read by Rebecca Dittman 4:14
2
Chapter 02 - Somebody Knocks and Comes In Read by Rebecca Dittman 18:06
3
Chapter 03 - The Mill Becomes an Important Centre of Operations Read by Rebecca Dittman 17:28
4
Chapter 04 - Who Were Present at the Miller's Little Entertainment Read by RobbieRogers 7:17
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Chapter 05 - The Song and the Stranger Read by RobbieRogers 16:52
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Chapter 06 - Old Mr. Derriman of Oxwell Hall Read by RobbieRogers 24:00
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Chapter 07 - How They Talked in the Pastures Read by RobbieRogers 8:13
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Chapter 08 - Anne Makes a Circuit of the the Camp Read by RobbieRogers 15:13
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Chapter 09 - Anne is Kindly Fetched by the Trumpet-Major Read by Jack Farrell 28:19
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Chapter 10 - The Matchmaking Virtues of a Double Garden Read by Jack Farrell 15:42
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Chapter 11 - Our People Are Affected by the Presence of Royalty Read by Simon Evers 20:56
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Chapter 12 - How Everybody Great and Small Climbed... Read by Roger Melin 14:48
13
Chapter 13 - The Conversation in the Crowd Read by Roger Melin 12:20
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Chapter 14 - Later in the Eve. of the Same Day Read by Simon Evers 9:15
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Chapter 15 - 'Captain' Bob Loveday of the Merchant Service Read by Simon Evers 22:34
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Chapter 16 - They Make Ready for the Illustrious Stranger Read by Alana Jordan 22:52
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Chapter 17 - Two Fainting Fits and a Bewilderment Read by Roger Melin 15:35
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Chapter 18 - The Night After the Arrival Read by Roger Melin 13:21
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Chapter 19 - Miss Johnson's Behaviour Causes No Little Surprise Read by Becca B 19:05
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Chapter 20 - How They Lessened the Effect of the Calamity Read by valli 19:06
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Chapter 21 - 'Upon the Hill He Turned' Read by Simon Evers 12:29
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Chapter 22 - The Two Households United Read by Simon Evers 23:18
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Chapter 23 - Military Preparations on an Extended Scale Read by Simon Evers 21:28
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Chapter 24 - A Letter, A Visitor and a Tin Box Read by Simon Evers 10:09
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Chapter 25 - Festus Shows His Love Read by Simon Evers 12:56
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Chapter 26 - The Alarm Read by Simon Evers 26:27
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Chapter 27 - Danger to Anne Read by Simon Evers 16:55
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Chapter 28 - Anne Does Wonders Read by Simon Evers 24:08
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Chapter 29 - A Dissembler Read by Simon Evers 9:19
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Chapter 30 - At The Theatre Royal Read by markman 16:33
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Chapter 31 - Midnight Visitors Read by markman 13:46
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Chapter 32 - Deliverance Read by markman 12:01
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Chapter 33 - A Discovery Turns the Scale Read by markman 23:11
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Chapter 34 - A Speck on the Sea Read by Jack Farrell 23:16
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Chapter 35 - A Sailor Enters Read by Jack Farrell 16:09
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Chapter 36 - Derriman Sees Chances Read by Simon Evers 12:21
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Chapter 37 - Reaction Read by Simon Evers 19:53
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Chapter 38 - A Delicate Situation Read by Simon Evers 20:36
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Chapter 39 - Bob Loveday Struts Up and Down Read by Simon Evers 22:57
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Chapter 40 - A Call on Business Read by Simon Evers 15:50
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Chapter 41 - John Marches into the Night Read by Aaron Elliott 8:38
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