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Lark Rise to Candleford
Flora Thompson
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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
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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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