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by Thomas Hardy (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books; Large Print edition edition (Mar 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185089387X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1850893875
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Thomas Hardy distrusted nineteenth-century efforts to systematize history, believing the human qualities of desire and conflicting loyalties undermined such attempts. Thus, although he set the courtship of Anne Garland by her three suitors against the larger-than-life backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, he considered his characters' loves and sorrows to be as much the material of history as any record of emperors and generals. This edition is the only one to be based on the novel's manuscript. It restores Hardy's original punctuation and removes the bowdlerisms forced upon him by the editor of the magazine in which it first appeared. This book is intended for students of Hardy, Victorian fiction, general readers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Historically interesting and well written, 18 Aug 2001
By Penguin Egg (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Trumpet Major (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
While this is not a great novel, it is an interesting and well written one. I found myself not caring too much about the love triangle that is the main part of the novel. This is quite a serious flaw, especially when you compare it to Far From The Madding Crowd, with which The Trumpet-Major has something in common. If the main plot is weak, the characters are not. They are as interesting and as fully realised as any character in Hardy. But the real strength lies in his description of England as it awaited Napoleon's invasion: The local colour, the patriotism mingled with fear of war, and the empathy with rural people as they live out their lives. If it is not one of Hardy's great tragic masterpieces, it is still a fine book, beautifully written, and one that I would recommend to anyone who wanted a good read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Second-rate?, 25 Dec 2008
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The Trumpet Major is generally considered to be second-rate or light weight Hardy, but it needs to be said that "second-rate" Hardy is as good as the best of most other writers. The story is indeed almost insubstantial- a variant on the "eternal triangle" only in this case more like a "quadrangle". Three suitors, one a none-starter, are after one attractive and rather elusive girl. All the main characters are, as is customary with Hardy, strongly and lovingly drawn, and the historical background of the Napoleonic period with its gathering of armies and fear of invasion is lightly sketched and does not overwhelm the main theme of human relations in a small rural community. As a self-confessed Hardy addict I have to strongly recommend this book. It would make a good introduction to his work for one who has not previously encountered it.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Its place as one of Hardys lesser known novels is justified, 2 Mar 2001
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The plot is a typical Hardy-eque love triangle/pentagon chronicle involving a dashing Trumpet-Major in the British army in Napoleonic England. It is very well related to the reader without being cluttered by any more than a superficial reference to the psyche of the characters.

Hardy uses a style that is easy to follow and is light and floral. His natural poetical persuasions shine through in the rambling descriptions of the surroundings and generally adds colour to the novel. It does seem, however, to have taken the space that other authors may have reserved for some sort of intellectual substance.

I overall enjoyed the novel as a peice of pastime reading, but had I been in the mood for something profound or witty, I would have been seriously let down. At the risk of being battered by my female friends, it is a bit of a girly book. I could not help thinking that Hardy maybe would have rather been writing a poem when he wrote The Trumpet Major; that is certainly where his strength lay.

This is not weak, but it certainly is not of the calibre of a Hardy masterpiece.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Trumpet-Major plays in a minor key
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Published 26 days ago by Mr. T. Harvey

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst read ever
Have to agree with Penguin Egg, the interaction between the trio is the most tedious read ever. I did this novel for "O Level", I'm now approaching 50, and it still gives me... Read more
Published 10 months ago by B. Coleman

3.0 out of 5 stars Its still a book by Hardy
This is a simple and pleasant story with some interesting historical detail.

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