The Trumpet Major

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)

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.)

Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Chapter 00 - Preface Rebecca Dittman
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Play 01 Chapter 01 - What Was Seen From the Window Overlooking the Down Rebecca Dittman
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Play 02 Chapter 02 - Somebody Knocks and Comes In Rebecca Dittman
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Play 03 Chapter 03 - The Mill Becomes an Important Centre of Operations Rebecca Dittman
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Play 04 Chapter 04 - Who Were Present at the Miller's Little Entertainment RobbieRogers
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Play 05 Chapter 05 - The Song and the Stranger RobbieRogers
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Play 06 Chapter 06 - Old Mr. Derriman of Oxwell Hall RobbieRogers
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Play 07 Chapter 07 - How They Talked in the Pastures RobbieRogers
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Play 08 Chapter 08 - Anne Makes a Circuit of the the Camp RobbieRogers
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Play 09 Chapter 09 - Anne is Kindly Fetched by the Trumpet-Major Jack Farrell
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Play 10 Chapter 10 - The Matchmaking Virtues of a Double Garden Jack Farrell
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Play 11 Chapter 11 - Our People Are Affected by the Presence of Royalty Simon Evers
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Play 12 Chapter 12 - How Everybody Great and Small Climbed... Roger Melin
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Play 13 Chapter 13 - The Conversation in the Crowd Roger Melin
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Play 14 Chapter 14 - Later in the Eve. of the Same Day Simon Evers
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Play 15 Chapter 15 - 'Captain' Bob Loveday of the Merchant Service Simon Evers
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Play 16 Chapter 16 - They Make Ready for the Illustrious Stranger Alana Jordan
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Play 17 Chapter 17 - Two Fainting Fits and a Bewilderment Roger Melin
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Play 18 Chapter 18 - The Night After the Arrival Roger Melin
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Play 19 Chapter 19 - Miss Johnson's Behaviour Causes No Little Surprise Becca B
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Play 20 Chapter 20 - How They Lessened the Effect of the Calamity valli
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Play 21 Chapter 21 - 'Upon the Hill He Turned' Simon Evers
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Play 22 Chapter 22 - The Two Households United Simon Evers
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Play 23 Chapter 23 - Military Preparations on an Extended Scale Simon Evers
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Play 24 Chapter 24 - A Letter, A Visitor and a Tin Box Simon Evers
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Play 25 Chapter 25 - Festus Shows His Love Simon Evers
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Play 26 Chapter 26 - The Alarm Simon Evers
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Play 27 Chapter 27 - Danger to Anne Simon Evers
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Play 28 Chapter 28 - Anne Does Wonders Simon Evers
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Play 29 Chapter 29 - A Dissembler Simon Evers
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Play 30 Chapter 30 - At The Theatre Royal markman
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Play 31 Chapter 31 - Midnight Visitors markman
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Play 32 Chapter 32 - Deliverance markman
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Play 33 Chapter 33 - A Discovery Turns the Scale markman
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Play 34 Chapter 34 - A Speck on the Sea Jack Farrell
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Play 35 Chapter 35 - A Sailor Enters Jack Farrell
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Play 36 Chapter 36 - Derriman Sees Chances Simon Evers
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Play 37 Chapter 37 - Reaction Simon Evers
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Play 38 Chapter 38 - A Delicate Situation Simon Evers
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Play 39 Chapter 39 - Bob Loveday Struts Up and Down Simon Evers
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Play 40 Chapter 40 - A Call on Business Simon Evers
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Play 41 Chapter 41 - John Marches into the Night Aaron Elliott
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