Lark Rise To Candleford by Flora Thompson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

A captivating evocation of rural life at the turn of the century 19th century. Lark Rise to Candleford captures a piece of social history in this every popular fictional account of an English rural upbringing between the wars. This edition contains all three books - Lark Rise, Over to Candleford, and Candleford Green - with an introduction by Bill Gallagher, screenwriter of the hugely popular BBC television adaptation. Laura Timms spends her childhood in a country hamlet called Lark Rise. An intelligent and enquiring child, she is always attentive to the way of life around her - the lives of a farming community and nature as it transforms through the seasons, their working lives together and their celebrations. Whilst much is to be admired and cherished about her community, when she looks back on it as an adult she doesn't shy away from describing hardship too. Laura attends the village school and leaves at the age of fourteen to work for the postmistress of the village of Candleford. There her eyes are opened to wider horizons. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make the perfect gift for any book lover. | Lark Rise To Candleford by Flora Thompson, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters