Lark Rise to Candleford
Author: Flora Thompson
Desc: 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