Thompson Flora - Lark Rise To Candleford - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: People were poorer and had not the comforts amusements or knowledge we have today; but they were happier. Lark Rise to Candleford is Flora Thompson's classic evocation of a vanished world of agricultural customs and rural culture. The trilogy of Lark Rise Over to Candleford and Candleford Green tells the story of Flora's childhood and youth during the 1880s in Lark Rise in reality Juniper Hill the hamlet in Oxfordshire where she was born. Through the eyes of Laura the author's fictional counterpart Flora describes the cottages characters and way of life of the agricultural labourers and their families with whom she grew up; seasonal celebrations schooling church - going entertainment and story - telling are described in fond and documentary detail. Later when Laura leaves school and becomes assistant to the village postmistress the same loving detail brings vividly to life the rural post office and its staff. This edition of the trilogy reproduces the original wood - engravings by Julie Neild and includes a new introduction by Phillip Mallet which looks at the background to the books and their enduring popularity.
Title: Lark Rise To Candleford
Author(s): Thompson Flora, Mallett, Phillip (Senior Lecturer In English, University Of St Andrews)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198796695
Pages: 560 Pages
Publication Date: 12/1/2021
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Social & Cultural History