The Forest Lovers


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(4.9 stars; 4 reviews)

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