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Lark rise to Candleford : a trilogy

Thompson, FloraMabey, Richard(Introduction by)
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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. With a new introduction by Richard Mabey

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Penguin Classics
0141183314 / 9780141183312
Paperback / softback
04/12/2008
United Kingdom
English
537p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Oxford University Press, 1945.