The Trumpet-Major

Thomas Hardy, Linda M. Shires, Linda M. Shires , Patricia Ingham

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Penguin Classics
11 June 1998

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Lyrical and light-hearted, yet shot through with Hardy's characteristic irony, THE TRUMPET-MAJOR is one of Hardy's most underrated and unpredictable works.

Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill owned by Miller Loveday, has three suitors- the local squire's nephew Festus and the miller's two sons, Robert and John. While Festus' aggressive pursuit deters the young woman from considering him as a husband, the indecisive Anne wavers between light-hearted Bob and gentle, steadfast John. But as their Wessex village prepares for possible invasion by Napoleon's fleet, all find their destinies increasingly tangled with the events of history. The Loveday brothers, one a sailor and one a soldier, must wrestle with their commitments to their country and their feelings for Anne. Lyrical and light-hearted, yet shot through with irony, The Trumpet-Major (1880) is one of Hardy's most unusual novels and a fascinating tale of love and desire.

By: Thomas Hardy
Preface by: Patricia Ingham
Notes by: Linda M. Shires
Introduction by: Linda M. Shires
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780140435405
ISBN 10: 0140435409
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 11 June 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 and wrote both poetry and novels, including Far From the Madding Crowd, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the D'Urbevilles and Jude the Obscure. He died in 1928

Reviews for The Trumpet-Major

This is not as rustically straightforward as Under the Greenwood Tree, but is less brooding with menace than Tess, and much less tragically phantasmagoric than Jude the Obscure. It is a fine Dorset tale as firmly set geographically in the downland between Dorchester and Weymouth as it is historically set in the Naploeonic wars, although written 70 years later. (Kirkus UK)