The Trumpet-Major (English Edition)
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798619773064
- Pages
- 270
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-02-29
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
Description
The Trumpet-Major is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1880, and his only historical novel. It concerns the heroine, Anne Garland, being pursued by three suitors: John Loveday, the eponymous trumpet major in a British regiment, honest and loyal; his brother Bob, a flighty sailor; and Festus Derriman, the cowardly nephew of the local squire. Unusually for a Hardy novel, the ending is not entirely tragic; however, there remains an ominous element in the probable fate of one of the main characters.
