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The Little Minister

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(4,462 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)

Before "Peter Pan" came "The Little Minister", J.M. Barrie's first published novel. This is not a children's book, but reflections on life in a remote village in Scotland. The story opens with the minister and his mother moving into the village of Thrums, where the minister must earn the respect of the villagers, threading his way through class differences, politics and suspicion of the travelling gypsies. But what would happen if the newly respectable minister of Thrums fell in love with a gypsy woman? And how will her secret impact upon them all? (Summary by Beth Thomas) (11 hr 11 min)

Chapters

JM Barrie, a Literary and Biographical Portrait

45:14

Read by MaryAnn

The Love Light

9:43

Read by Sylviamb

Runs Alongside the Making of a Minister

20:10

Read by TriciaG

The Night Watchers

22:54

Read by Sylviamb

First Coming of the Egyptian Woman

22:22

Read by Sylviamb

A Warlike Chapter, Culminating in the Flouting of the Minister by the Woman

13:40

Read by Sylviamb

In which the Soldiers Meet the Amazons of Thrums

19:05

Read by Sylviamb

Has the Folly of Looking Into a Woman's Eyes

11:33

Read by Sylviamb

3am - Monstrous Audacity of the Woman

17:33

Read by Sylviamb

The Woman Considered in Absence - The Adventures of a Military Cloak

17:44

Read by Sylviamb

First Sermon Against Women

19:30

Read by Sylviamb

Tells in a Whisper of Man's Fall during the Curling Season

16:08

Read by Sylviamb

Tragedy of a Mud House

9:53

Read by Nathan C Jones

Second Coming of the Egyptian Woman

13:31

Read by Sylviamb

The Minister Dances to the Woman's Piping

15:18

Read by Sylviamb

The Minister Bewitched - Second Sermon Against Women

13:42

Read by Sylviamb

Continued Misbehaviour of the Egyptian Woman

12:14

Read by Sylviamb

Intrusion of the Haggart into these Pages Against the Author's Wish

16:49

Read by Sylviamb

Caddam - Love Leading to a Rupture

12:38

Read by Sylviamb

Circumstances Leading to the First Sermon in Approval of Women

12:01

Read by Sylviamb

End of the State of Indecision

14:27

Read by Sylviamb

Night, Margaret, Flashing of a Lantern

16:09

Read by Sylviamb

Lovers

13:56

Read by Sylviamb

Contains a Birth, Which is Sufficient for One Chapter

9:53

Read by Sylviamb

The New World, and the Women who may not Dwell therein

9:27

Read by Kalynda

Beginning of the Twenty-Four Hours

13:47

Read by Sylviamb

Scene at the Spittal

12:47

Read by Sylviamb

First Journey of the Dominie to the Thrums during the 24 Hours

7:59

Read by Sylviamb

The Hill Before Darkness Fell

11:32

Read by Sylviamb

Story of the Egyptian

13:43

Read by Sylviamb

The Meeting for Rain

11:57

Read by Sylviamb

Various Bodies Converging on the Hill

15:04

Read by Sylviamb

Leading Swiftly to the Appalling Marriage

9:40

Read by Kalynda

While the Ten O'Clock Bell was Ringing

9:57

Read by Sylviamb

The Great Rain

6:53

Read by Sylviamb

The Glen at Break of Day

23:08

Read by Sylviamb

Story of the Dominie

15:31

Read by Sylviamb

Second Journey of the Dominie to the Thrums during the 24 Hours

12:41

Read by Sylviamb

Thrums During the 24 Hours - Defence of the Manse

14:34

Read by Sylviamb

How Babbie Spent the Night of August Fourth

10:51

Read by Sylviamb

Babbie and Margaret - Defence of the Manse continued

10:22

Read by Sylviamb

Rintoul and Babbie - Breakdown of the Defence of the Manse

12:28

Read by Sylviamb

Margaret, the Precentor and God between

14:08

Read by Sylviamb

Rain, Mist, The Jaws

15:38

Read by Sylviamb

End of the Twenty-Four Hours

11:27

Read by Sylviamb

Talk of a Little Maid since Grown Tall

12:00

Read by Sylviamb

Bewertungen

As Enchanting as Peter Pan

(5 Sterne)

In a better time this book was wildly popular. Difficult for American readers because of the Scottish dialect, it’s not only explicated here by the chief performer, but Silvia MB summons the spirit of Maude Adams, a legendary star of the stage production (who left a radio performance in her old age which is worth hunting for on the web). Thanks so much.

A Great Story

(5 Sterne)

Sylviamb is a great reader who imitates the Scottish tongue very well!