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The Trumpet-Major

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Original author: Thomas Hardy

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"The Trumpet-Major" by Thomas Hardy is a historical novel published in 1880. Set in Weymouth during the Napoleonic Wars, it follows Anne Garland as she navigates the affections of three very different suitors: the honorable John Loveday, a trumpet major; his flighty sailor brother Bob; and the cowardly Festus Derriman. Against a backdrop of military camps and invasion fears, the brothers serve with Wellington and Nelson while Anne's heart wavers between duty and desire. Unusually for Hardy, the ending isn't entirely tragic—though fate looms ominously.

The Trumpet-Major, by Thomas Hardy. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #2864.

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40 Chapters

  1. 1.Preface477 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: What Was Seen From the Window Overlooking the Down2,854 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: Somebody Knocks and Comes in2,666 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The MILL Becomes an Important Centre of Operations2,602 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: Who Were Present at the Miller's Little Entertainment1,156 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: The Song and the Stranger2,666 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Old Mr. Derriman of Oxwell Hall4,136 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: How They Talked in the Pastures1,341 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: Anne Makes a Circuit of the Camp2,667 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Anne Is Kindly Fetched by the Trumpet-Major4,148 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Match-Making Virtues of a Double Garden2,319 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: Our People Are Affected by the Presence of Royalty3,366 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: How Everybody Great and Small Climbed to the Top of the Downs2,138 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: The Conversation in the Crowd1,732 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: Later in the Evening of the Same Day5,305 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: They Make Ready for the Illustrious Stranger3,230 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: Two Fainting Fits and a Bewilderment2,106 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: The Night After the Arrival1,742 words
  19. 19.Chapter XIX: Miss Johnson's Behaviour Causes No Little Surprise3,116 words
  20. 20.Chapter XX: How They Lessened the Effect of the Calamity4,349 words
  1. 21.Chapter XXII: The Two Households United3,786 words
  2. 22.Chapter XXIII: Military Preparations on an Extended Scale3,502 words
  3. 23.Chapter XXIV: A Letter, a Visitor, and a Tin Box1,707 words
  4. 24.Chapter XXV: Festus Shows His Love2,140 words
  5. 25.Chapter XXVI: The Alarm4,428 words
  6. 26.Chapter XXVII: Danger to Anne2,813 words
  7. 27.Chapter XXVIII: Anne Does Wonders4,083 words
  8. 28.Chapter XXIX: A Dissembler1,415 words
  9. 29.Chapter XXX: At the Theatre Royal2,835 words
  10. 30.Chapter XXXI: Midnight Visitors2,485 words
  11. 31.Chapter XXXII: Deliverance2,149 words
  12. 32.Chapter XXXIII: A Discovery Turns the Scale4,249 words
  13. 33.Chapter XXXIV: A Speck on the Sea3,389 words
  14. 34.Chapter XXXV: A Sailor Enters2,480 words
  15. 35.Chapter XXXVI: Derriman Sees Chances1,852 words
  16. 36.Chapter XXXVII: Reaction3,081 words
  17. 37.Chapter XXXVIII: A Delicate Situation3,085 words
  18. 38.Chapter XXXIX: Bob Loveday Struts Up and Down3,553 words
  19. 39.Chapter XL: A Call on Business2,538 words
  20. 40.Chapter XLI: John Marches Into the Night1,050 words