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The Trumpet Major
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Plot Summary of The Trumpet Major
"This book is set during the Napoleonic wars and the quiet young man of the title is one of three suitors to Anne Garland a young woman who lives with her mother. As always Hardy sets his novel in the area he calls Wessex. While the plot is set around Anne and the men wooing her, the strength of the story is in the writing style, the description of the country side and the culture of the time as England awaits the invasion from France. "
Penny , Resident Scholar



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Plot
Time/era of story - 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - love triangle/polygon

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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