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    The Trumpet-Major
    The Trumpet-Major
    The Trumpet-Major
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Trumpet-Major

    Written by Thomas Hardy

    Narrated by Nicholas Rowe

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    War threatens the rich, green fields of Wessex in Hardy's historical novel, The Trumpet-Major. The Napoleonic Wars are at their height, and upheaval and uncertainty plague British soil. In the midst of it all the impoverished beauty Anne Garland finds herself at the center of a love quadrangle. She is torn between the persistent and annoying Festus Derryman, her womanizing childhood sweetheart Bob Loveday, and the reliable and thoughtful John Loveday, the eponymous Trumpet-Major. Who will she choose? Hardy's eighth published novel is a gentle and humorous tale about the confusion and conflict of life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateNov 1, 2016
    ISBN9781781980316
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    Thomas Hardy

    Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is best known for his novels, Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895), which was denounced as morally objectionable. Hardy, disgusted with this reaction, declared he would never write fiction again and devoted the rest of his literary career to poetry.

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    • 4/5
      Good book and a classic for sure. Hardy, as usual, does an excellent job of portraying the life and country of the story’s origin.