Flora Thompson Lark Rise to Candleford (Paperback) Oxford World's Classics

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Lark Rise to CandlefordCondition: NewEAN: 9780198796695ISBN: 9780198796695Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/30/2021Item Height: 197mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 24mmAuthor: Flora ThompsonLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0198796692Description: '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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsGenre: BiographyTopic: Fiction, Classic Fiction, HistoryContributor: Phillip Mallett (Edited by)Item Weight: 388gRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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