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Краткое содержание: Йомен-авантюрист
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 10 parts
- Аудио скоро
A farmer who goes fishing in a rage lands a giant pike and a hunted woman, and cannot go home again.
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- Около 8 h 25 min6 h 40 min fast, 10 h slow
- Длительность
- Слов: 119 800
- Уровень в библиотеке
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Йомен-авантюрист in short
The Yeoman Adventurer follows Oliver Wheatman from a sulk by a river to the middle of a rebellion. A pike, a stranger and a hidden book set him on a road that carries him through Stafford, to the Prince's council at Derby, and into the retreat north with Highland dragoons. Along the way he gains a friend in Master Freake, a teacher in Colonel Waynflete, and a love he thinks he cannot have.
What Йомен-авантюрист is about
Picture a young man of twenty-three who believes life has passed him by. On a frosty December afternoon, soldiers march past his village, and he spends the hours fishing in a rage. Then a woman on the riverbank asks the way to the smithy, and dragoons gallop toward the bridge.
That is how Oliver Wheatman, a Staffordshire yeoman, steps onto a very strange road. George W. Gough tells it in Oliver's own voice, looking back from years later, and sets it in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. You get night rows, sword fights, disguises, jokes and a love Oliver believes is hopeless.
Для кого. You will enjoy this if you like fast adventure with a warm, teasing voice, a quick-witted heroine, and a young scholar-farmer who talks his way out of trouble.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A Sulking Farmer Lands a Giant Pike
On a December morning, Oliver Wheatman refuses to join his mother and his sister Kate to watch soldiers march by. Among them is Jack Dobson, his old schoolfellow, now a cornet in Lord Brocton's new dragoons. Oliver owns five hundred acres and feels like a cabbage in a field while everyone else marches off to glory.
Kate has hidden his battered Virgil. Stung by her joke, Oliver listens to Joe Braggs, the farmhand, who says a pike as big as a gatepost lies in the river. Oliver grabs his rod and storms off to the bank.
He wades into icy water and plays the pike for half an hour. A woman fishes out his lost gaff with a riding whip and helps him land a monster of over thirty pounds. She quotes Mr. Pope, and he answers with Horace. Her name is Margaret Waynflete. When he mentions dragoons, she goes white and cries out Lord Brocton's name.
A small quarrel and a hidden book can send an ordinary life down an extraordinary road.
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A Stranger Hides in a Farmhouse Kitchen
Hoofbeats ring along the road, and Oliver acts fast.
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A Night Row Up the Frozen River
Oliver and Joe row Margaret toward Stafford in a heavy punt.
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A Sword Point Meets a Quick Fist
Oliver slips into Stafford alone and finds Jack Dobson, who begs him to tell Kate that he loved her if he never comes back.
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Escape Over the Old School Wall
Oliver and Margaret flee through a dark tannery and past his old schoolhouse, where the schoolmaster reads aloud about the fall of Troy.
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A Highwayman Who Rescues His Victim
With no money and no horses, Oliver decides to rob the next lone traveler on the Stone road.
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Master Freake Joins the Firm
Master Freake calls himself a plain London citizen, but he behaves like a man with a kingdom's resources.
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The Prince and the Council at Derby
After the siege at the Red Bull inn, the party reaches Leek and meets Prince Charles himself, handsome, cheerful and eager.
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A Captain of Highland Dragoons
After Derby the army turns north, and Oliver finds himself a captain at the head of thirty Highland horsemen.
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What the Story Is Really About
Beneath the chases lies a story of class and love.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Oliver Wheatman A Staffordshire yeoman and Latin scholar who longs for a man's work and finds it in the service of a hunted woman.
- Margaret Waynflete A soldier's daughter, quick-witted and brave, who wants only to reach her captured father and keep clear of Lord Brocton.
- Lord Brocton A handsome, ruthless young lord who wants Margaret, the Wheatman land, and a letter that can ruin his family.
- Colonel Christopher Waynflete Margaret's father, a veteran of foreign wars, cool and funny, who joins Prince Charles and takes Oliver under his wing.
- Master John Freake A calm London merchant who says he wants to know who will win and quietly helps Oliver and Margaret.
- Jack Dobson Oliver's old schoolfellow, a cheerful cornet in Brocton's dragoons, who loves Oliver's sister Kate.
- Kate Wheatman Oliver's red-haired sister, sharp-tongued and loving, who runs the household and hides his Virgil.
- Donald A giant Highland clansman who is won over by Oliver's punch and becomes his loyal sergeant.
How it ends (spoiler)
Oliver, wounded and shackled, is rescued by a trap that Margaret and Master Freake lay for Brocton. The letter Oliver once guarded gives him back the Upper Hanyards and sends him abroad until he is pardoned. He returns a year later to find Jack alive and Kate in love with him. Margaret, now heiress to Master Freake, comes to him, and after the Colonel's blessing they marry. Years later they live at the Hanyards.
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Вопросы о книге Йомен-авантюрист
What is The Yeoman Adventurer about?
It follows Oliver Wheatman, a Staffordshire farmer, who helps Margaret Waynflete escape Lord Brocton during the 1745 Jacobite Rising. He is drawn into the Prince's army, scouts, fights, and falls in love along the road.
Is The Yeoman Adventurer a true story?
No, Oliver, Margaret and their friends are invented. The setting is real, including Prince Charles Stuart's march to Derby in 1745 and the retreat north, and real figures such as Lord George Murray appear.
Who is Master Freake?
He is a calm London merchant who calls himself a Freakeiteian, someone who wants to know who will win. He befriends Oliver, backs him with money, and has a hidden hand in many events.
Why does Oliver keep a copy of Virgil?
Oliver has loved the Roman poet since the vicar and his schoolmaster taught him. The little book, hidden by his sister Kate, becomes a running joke and a link to home throughout the journey.
Is The Yeoman Adventurer easy to follow?
Yes, in the sense that the plot moves quickly along clear roads and towns. Oliver tells it in a friendly, joking voice, with short scenes, lively dialogue, and many comic characters.
Как сослаться на это издание
Gough, George W. The Yeoman Adventurer. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-yeoman-adventurer.
Gough, G. W. (2026). The yeoman adventurer. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-yeoman-adventurer
Gough, George W. The Yeoman Adventurer. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-yeoman-adventurer.
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