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14%OFFFlora Thompson - Lark Rise to Candleford - 9780141183312 - 9780141183312
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Lark Rise to Candleford

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Description for Lark Rise to Candleford Paperback. A portrayal of country life at the close of the 19th century. It tells the story of three closely related Oxfordshire communities - a hamlet, the nearby village and a small market town - is based on the author's experiences during childhood and youth. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 374.

Flora Thompson's immortal trilogy, containing "Lark Rise", "Over To Candleford" and "Candleford Green", is a heartwarming portrayal of country life at the close of the 19th century. This story of three closely related Oxfordshire communities - a hamlet, the nearby village and a small market town - is based on the author's experiences during childhood and youth. It chronicles May Day celebrations and forgotten children's games, the daily lives of farmworkers and craftsmen, friends and relations - all painted with a gaiety and freshness of observation that make this trilogy an evocative and sensitive memorial to Victorian rural England.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141183312
SKU
9780141183312
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Flora Thompson
Born in Juniper Hill, Oxfordshire, Flora Thompson left school at 14 to work in the local post office. She married young, and wrote mass-market fiction to help support her increasing family. In her 60s she published the semi-autobiographical trilogy combined as LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD (1945). RICHARD MABEY is the author of some thirty books, including Whistling in the ... Read more

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