This novel is subtitled The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. The Quire is the group of musicians who accompany the hymns at the local church and we follow the fortunes of one member, Dick Dewy, who falls in love with the new school mistress, Fancy Day. Another element of the book is the battle between the traditional musicians of the Quire and the local vicar, Parson Maybold, who installs a church organ. This battle illustrates the developing technology being introduced in the Victorian era and its threat to traditional country ways. The novel was published anonymously...
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Part the First - Winter - Chapter 6: Christmas Morning
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Part the First - Winter - Chapter 8: They Dance More Wildly
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Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 6: Yalbury Wood and the Keeper's House
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Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 1: Going Nutting
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Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 1: Driving out of Budmouth
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Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 7: Second Thoughts
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Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 3: A Confession
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Part the First - Winter - Chapter 2: The Tranter's
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Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 4: An Arrangement
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Preface
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Part the Fifth - Conclusion - Chapter 1: 'The Knot There's No Untying'
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Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 2: Further along the Road
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Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 4: The Interview with the Vicar
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Part the First - Winter - Chapter 7: The Tranter's Party
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Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 4: The Spell
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Part the First - Winter - Chapter 1: Mellstock-Lane
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Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 5: Returning Home Ward
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Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 2: Honey-taking, And Afterwards
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Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 1: Passing by the School + Chapter 2: A Meeting of the Quire
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Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 6: Into Temptation