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Little Minister

English· 11:11:41· 46 chapters

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)

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Chapters

Chapter 1
JM Barrie, a Literary and Biographical Portrait
45:14
Chapter 2
The Love Light
09:43
Chapter 3
Runs Alongside the Making of a Minister
20:10
Chapter 4
The Night Watchers
22:54
Chapter 5
First Coming of the Egyptian Woman
22:22
Chapter 6
A Warlike Chapter, Culminating in the Flouting of the Minister by the Woman
13:40
Chapter 7
In which the Soldiers Meet the Amazons of Thrums
19:05
Chapter 8
Has the Folly of Looking Into a Woman's Eyes
11:33
Chapter 9
3am - Monstrous Audacity of the Woman
17:33
Chapter 10
The Woman Considered in Absence - The Adventures of a Military Cloak
17:44
Chapter 11
First Sermon Against Women
19:30
Chapter 12
Tells in a Whisper of Man's Fall during the Curling Season
16:08
Chapter 13
Tragedy of a Mud House
09:53
Chapter 14
Second Coming of the Egyptian Woman
13:31
Chapter 15
The Minister Dances to the Woman's Piping
15:18
Chapter 16
The Minister Bewitched - Second Sermon Against Women
13:42
Chapter 17
Continued Misbehaviour of the Egyptian Woman
12:14
Chapter 18
Intrusion of the Haggart into these Pages Against the Author's Wish
16:49
Chapter 19
Caddam - Love Leading to a Rupture
12:38
Chapter 20
Circumstances Leading to the First Sermon in Approval of Women
12:01
Chapter 21
End of the State of Indecision
14:27
Chapter 22
Night, Margaret, Flashing of a Lantern
16:09
Chapter 23
Lovers
13:56
Chapter 24
Contains a Birth, Which is Sufficient for One Chapter
09:53
Chapter 25
The New World, and the Women who may not Dwell therein
09:27
Chapter 26
Beginning of the Twenty-Four Hours
13:47
Chapter 27
Scene at the Spittal
12:47
Chapter 28
First Journey of the Dominie to the Thrums during the 24 Hours
07:59
Chapter 29
The Hill Before Darkness Fell
11:32
Chapter 30
Story of the Egyptian
13:43
Chapter 31
The Meeting for Rain
11:57
Chapter 32
Various Bodies Converging on the Hill
15:04
Chapter 33
Leading Swiftly to the Appalling Marriage
09:40
Chapter 34
While the Ten O'Clock Bell was Ringing
09:57
Chapter 35
The Great Rain
06:53
Chapter 36
The Glen at Break of Day
23:08
Chapter 37
Story of the Dominie
15:31
Chapter 38
Second Journey of the Dominie to the Thrums during the 24 Hours
12:41
Chapter 39
Thrums During the 24 Hours - Defence of the Manse
14:34
Chapter 40
How Babbie Spent the Night of August Fourth
10:51
Chapter 41
Babbie and Margaret - Defence of the Manse continued
10:22
Chapter 42
Rintoul and Babbie - Breakdown of the Defence of the Manse
12:28
Chapter 43
Margaret, the Precentor and God between
14:08
Chapter 44
Rain, Mist, The Jaws
15:38
Chapter 45
End of the Twenty-Four Hours
11:27
Chapter 46
Talk of a Little Maid since Grown Tall
12:00

Little Minister

Chapters

JM Barrie, a Literary and Biographical Portrait

The Love Light

Runs Alongside the Making of a Minister

The Night Watchers

First Coming of the Egyptian Woman

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

In which the Soldiers Meet the Amazons of Thrums

Has the Folly of Looking Into a Woman's Eyes

3am - Monstrous Audacity of the Woman

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

First Sermon Against Women

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

Tragedy of a Mud House

Second Coming of the Egyptian Woman

The Minister Dances to the Woman's Piping

The Minister Bewitched - Second Sermon Against Women

Continued Misbehaviour of the Egyptian Woman

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

Caddam - Love Leading to a Rupture

Circumstances Leading to the First Sermon in Approval of Women

End of the State of Indecision

Night, Margaret, Flashing of a Lantern

Lovers

Contains a Birth, Which is Sufficient for One Chapter

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

Beginning of the Twenty-Four Hours

Scene at the Spittal

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

The Hill Before Darkness Fell

Story of the Egyptian

The Meeting for Rain

Various Bodies Converging on the Hill

Leading Swiftly to the Appalling Marriage

While the Ten O'Clock Bell was Ringing

The Great Rain

The Glen at Break of Day

Story of the Dominie

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

Thrums During the 24 Hours - Defence of the Manse

How Babbie Spent the Night of August Fourth

Babbie and Margaret - Defence of the Manse continued

Rintoul and Babbie - Breakdown of the Defence of the Manse

Margaret, the Precentor and God between

Rain, Mist, The Jaws

End of the Twenty-Four Hours

Talk of a Little Maid since Grown Tall