The Little Minister


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(4.5 stars; 13 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

JM Barrie, a Literary and Biographical Portrait 45:14 Lu par MaryAnn
The Love Light 9:43 Lu par Sylviamb
Runs Alongside the Making of a Minister 20:10 Lu par TriciaG
The Night Watchers 22:54 Lu par Sylviamb
First Coming of the Egyptian Woman 22:22 Lu par Sylviamb
A Warlike Chapter, Culminating in the Flouting of the Minister by the Woman 13:40 Lu par Sylviamb
In which the Soldiers Meet the Amazons of Thrums 19:05 Lu par Sylviamb
Has the Folly of Looking Into a Woman's Eyes 11:33 Lu par Sylviamb
3am - Monstrous Audacity of the Woman 17:33 Lu par Sylviamb
The Woman Considered in Absence - The Adventures of a Military Cloak 17:44 Lu par Sylviamb
First Sermon Against Women 19:30 Lu par Sylviamb
Tells in a Whisper of Man's Fall during the Curling Season 16:08 Lu par Sylviamb
Tragedy of a Mud House 9:53 Lu par Nathan C Jones
Second Coming of the Egyptian Woman 13:31 Lu par Sylviamb
The Minister Dances to the Woman's Piping 15:18 Lu par Sylviamb
The Minister Bewitched - Second Sermon Against Women 13:42 Lu par Sylviamb
Continued Misbehaviour of the Egyptian Woman 12:14 Lu par Sylviamb
Intrusion of the Haggart into these Pages Against the Author's Wish 16:49 Lu par Sylviamb
Caddam - Love Leading to a Rupture 12:38 Lu par Sylviamb
Circumstances Leading to the First Sermon in Approval of Women 12:01 Lu par Sylviamb
End of the State of Indecision 14:27 Lu par Sylviamb
Night, Margaret, Flashing of a Lantern 16:09 Lu par Sylviamb
Lovers 13:56 Lu par Sylviamb
Contains a Birth, Which is Sufficient for One Chapter 9:53 Lu par Sylviamb
The New World, and the Women who may not Dwell therein 9:27 Lu par Kalynda
Beginning of the Twenty-Four Hours 13:47 Lu par Sylviamb
Scene at the Spittal 12:47 Lu par Sylviamb
First Journey of the Dominie to the Thrums during the 24 Hours 7:59 Lu par Sylviamb
The Hill Before Darkness Fell 11:32 Lu par Sylviamb
Story of the Egyptian 13:43 Lu par Sylviamb
The Meeting for Rain 11:57 Lu par Sylviamb
Various Bodies Converging on the Hill 15:04 Lu par Sylviamb
Leading Swiftly to the Appalling Marriage 9:40 Lu par Kalynda
While the Ten O'Clock Bell was Ringing 9:57 Lu par Sylviamb
The Great Rain 6:53 Lu par Sylviamb
The Glen at Break of Day 23:08 Lu par Sylviamb
Story of the Dominie 15:31 Lu par Sylviamb
Second Journey of the Dominie to the Thrums during the 24 Hours 12:41 Lu par Sylviamb
Thrums During the 24 Hours - Defence of the Manse 14:34 Lu par Sylviamb
How Babbie Spent the Night of August Fourth 10:51 Lu par Sylviamb
Babbie and Margaret - Defence of the Manse continued 10:22 Lu par Sylviamb
Rintoul and Babbie - Breakdown of the Defence of the Manse 12:28 Lu par Sylviamb
Margaret, the Precentor and God between 14:08 Lu par Sylviamb
Rain, Mist, The Jaws 15:38 Lu par Sylviamb
End of the Twenty-Four Hours 11:27 Lu par Sylviamb
Talk of a Little Maid since Grown Tall 12:00 Lu par Sylviamb

Critiques

As Enchanting as Peter Pan


(5 stars)

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 stars)

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