Lark Rise to Candleford

by Thompson, Flora; Mallett, Phillip

• ISBN13: 9780199601608
• ISBN10: 0199601607
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The inspiration for a popular television series that aired on PBS in 2009, 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 Thompson'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, Thompson describes the cottages, characters, and way of life of the agricultural laborers and their families with whom she grew up--seasonal celebrations, schooling, church-going, entertainment, and story-telling are described in fond and vivid detail. This new edition of the trilogy, the only hardback edition in print, boasts an attractive format complete with ribbon marker and the original wood-engravings by Julie Neild. The edition includes a new introduction by Phillip Mallett, which looks at the background to the books and their enduring popularity, plus a useful select bibliography and a chronology of Flora Thompson's life and publications.

Author Biography

Phillip Mallett is Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Note on the Text	p. xxiv
Further Reading	p. xxv
A Chronology of Flora Thompson	p. xxvii
Lark Rise
Poor People's Houses	p. 3
A Hamlet Childhood	p. 20
Men Afield	p. 35
At the 'Wagon and Horses'	p. 53
Survivals	p. 65
The Besieged Generation	p. 87
Callers	p. 109
'The Box'	p. 124
Country Playtime	p. 134
Daughters of the Hamlet	p. 148
School	p. 167
Her Majesty's Inspector	p. 183
May Day	p. 196
To Church on Sunday	p. 205
Harvest Home	p. 226
Over To Candleford
As They Were	p. 247
Hamlet Home	p. 259
'Once Upon a Time'	p. 272
'A Bit of a Tell'	p. 280
Mrs. Herring	p. 294
Over to Candleford	p. 302
Kind Friends and Relations	p. 315
Sink or Swim	p. 323
Laura Looks On	p. 333
Summer Holiday	p. 342
Uncle Tom's Queer Fish	p. 361
Gandleford Green	p. 370
Growing Pains	p. 382
Exit Laura	p. 395
Candleford Green
From One Small World to Another	p. 401
On Her Majesty's Service	p. 415
The Green	p. 429
Penny Reading	p. 447
Neighbours	p. 462
At the Post Office	p. 480
'Such is Life!'	p. 495
'Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay!'	p. 509
Letter-Carrier	p. 522
Change in the Village	p. 542
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