About the book
Village musicians face change as a schoolteacher’s arrival brings romance and rivalry.
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Listen chapter by chapter
- Preface · 6 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 1: Mellstock-Lane · 8 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 2: The Tranter's · 16 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 3: The Assembled Quire · 15 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 4: Going the Rounds · 15 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 5: The Listeners · 12 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 6: Christmas Morning · 16 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 7: The Tranter's Party · 17 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 8: They Dance More Wildly · 22 minutes
- Part the First - Winter - Chapter 9: Dick Calls at the School · 5 minutes
- Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 1: Passing by the School + Chapter 2: A Meeting of the Quire · 13 minutes
- Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 3: A Turn in the Discussion · 9 minutes
- Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 4: The Interview with the Vicar · 23 minutes
- Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 5: Returning Home Ward · 7 minutes
- Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 6: Yalbury Wood and the Keeper's House · 23 minutes
- Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 7: Dick Makes Himself Useful · 9 minutes
- Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 8: Dick Meets His Father · 14 minutes
- Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 1: Driving out of Budmouth · 10 minutes
- Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 2: Further along the Road · 13 minutes
- Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 3: A Confession · 12 minutes
- Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 4: An Arrangement · 6 minutes
- Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 1: Going Nutting · 13 minutes
- Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 2: Honey-taking, And Afterwards · 21 minutes
- Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 3: Fancy In The Rain · 8 minutes
- Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 4: The Spell · 9 minutes
- Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 5: After Gaining Her Point · 9 minutes
- Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 6: Into Temptation · 12 minutes
- Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 7: Second Thoughts · 10 minutes
- Part the Fifth - Conclusion - Chapter 1: 'The Knot There's No Untying' · 26 minutes
- Part the Fifth - Conclusion - Chapter 2: Under the Greenwood Tree · 13 minutes