The Glen at Break of Day

The Little Minister

by J. M. BARRIE (1860 - 1937)

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)

Listen next episodes of The Little Minister:
Babbie and Margaret - Defence of the Manse continued , End of the Twenty-Four Hours , How Babbie Spent the Night of August Fourth , Margaret, the Precentor and God between , Rain, Mist, The Jaws , Rintoul and Babbie - Breakdown of the Defence of the Manse , Second Journey of the Dominie to the Thrums during the 24 Hours , Story of the Dominie , Talk of a Little Maid since Grown Tall , Thrums During the 24 Hours - Defence of the Manse