Lark Rise to Candleford

by Flora Thompson (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1979

  $4.19

  `The hamlet stood on a gentle rise in the flat, wheat-growing north-east corner of Oxfordshire. We will call it Lark Rise because of the great number of skylarks which made the surrounding fields their springboard and nested on the bare earth between the rows of green corn.' So begins Flora Thompson's famous portrait of her childhood in the 1870s in a tiny Oxfordshire hamlet. Her delightful memories, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, evoke in affectionate detail a cherished world now lost.

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $15.66

  A trilogy of classic tales, based on personal experiences from the author's childhood and young life, about three closely related Oxfordshire communities, featuring the titles LARK RISE, OVER TO CANDLEFORD and CANDLEFORD GREEN.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $11.82

  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