The Forest Lovers
Maurice Henry Hewlett
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
My story will take you into times and spaces alike rude and uncivil. Blood will be spilt, virgins suffer distresses; the horn will sound through woodland glades; dogs, wolves, deer, and men, Beauty and the Beasts, will tumble each other, seeking life or death with their proper tools. There should be mad work, not devoid of entertainment. When you read the word Explicit, if you have laboured so far, you will know something of Morgraunt Forest and the Countess Isabel; the Abbot of Holy Thorn will have postured and schemed (with you behind the arras); you will have wandered with Isoult and will know why she was called La Desirous, with Prosper le Gai, and will understand how a man may fall in love with his own wife. Finally, of Galors and his affairs, of the great difference there may be between a Christian and the brutes, of love and hate, grudging and open humour, faith and works, cloisters and thoughts uncloistered—all in the green wood—you will know as much as I do if you have cared to follow the argument. - Summary by Maurice Hewlett (11 hr 1 min)
Chapters
I. PROSPER LE GAI RIDES OUT | 21:48 | Read by Grace Buchanan |
II. MORGRAUNT, AND A DEAD KNIGHT | 22:19 | Read by Grace Buchanan |
III. HOLY THORN AND HOLY CHURCH | 12:06 | Read by Derek Trial |
IV. DOM GALORS | 9:37 | Read by Nicola Lake |
V. LA DESIROUS | 23:01 | Read by Marie Christian |
VI. THE VIRGIN MARRIAGE | 23:35 | Read by Nicola Lake |
VII. GALORS ABJURES | 10:41 | Read by ToddHW |
VIII. THE SALLY AT DAWN | 32:39 | Read by Derek Trial |
IX. THE BLOOD-CHASE AND THE LOVE CHASE | 15:48 | Read by Lan Kao |
X. FOREST ALMS | 15:48 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
XI. SANCTUARY | 14:21 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
XII. BROKEN SANCTUARY | 18:51 | Read by Cindy Gorman |
XIII. HIGH MARCH, AND A GREAT LADY | 13:39 | Read by Michele Eaton |
XIV. A RECORDER | 31:27 | Read by Alysson Light |
XV. THREE AT TORTSENTIER | 39:32 | Read by Alysson Light |
XVI. BOY AND GIRL | 22:37 | Read by Alysson Light |
XVII. ROY | 28:51 | Read by Alysson Light |
XVIII. BOY'S LOVE | 11:49 | Read by Joe Selah |
XIX. LADY'S LOVE | 24:28 | Read by Alysson Light |
XX. HOW PROSPER HELD A REVIEW | 26:31 | Read by Alysson Light |
XXI. HOW THE NARRATIVE SMACKS AGAIN OF THE SOIL | 11:27 | Read by Joe Selah |
XXII GALORS CONQUAESTOR | 20:05 | Read by Marie Christian |
XXIII. FALVE THE CHARCOAL-BURNER | 12:04 | Read by Joe Selah |
XXIV. SECRET THINGS AT HAUTERIVE | 15:24 | Read by czandra |
XXV. THE ROAD TO GOLTRES | 9:55 | Read by Scott McKinley |
XXVI. GUESS-WORK AT GOLTRES | 25:32 | Read by Scott McKinley |
XXVII. GALORS RIDES HUNTING | 8:39 | Read by MoonLylith |
XXVIII. MERCY WITH THE BEASTS. | 15:29 | Read by Marie Christian |
XXIX. WANMEETING CRIES, 'HA! SAINT JAMES!' | 21:16 | Read by Marie Christian |
XXX. THE CHAINED VIRGIN OF SAINT THORN | 16:09 | Read by Marie Christian |
XXXI. 'ENTRA PER ME' | 13:09 | Read by RyanS |
XXXII 'BIDE THE TIME' | 16:57 | Read by ToddHW |
XXXIII. SALOMON IS DRIVEN HOME | 16:21 | Read by ToddHW |
XXXIV. LA DESIRÉE | 8:19 | Read by Jack Kali |
XXXV. FOREST LOVE | 11:17 | Read by Jack Kali |
XXXVI. THE LADY PIETOSA DE BRÉAUTÉ | 20:24 | Read by czandra |