A true gem
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I have just finished reading this delightful book and recommend it highly, especially if you are interested in social history. It is a nice gentle read and very informative of village life and village people in the late 1800's. Flora writes with great insight and foresight about the many people she knows and sees in the villages of Candelford and Lark Rise. Flora through Laura was obviously an extremely deep, sensitive and thoughtful person and at times her humbleness when speaking about herself strikes at the heartstrings. I wish I could have met this lovely lady! This book will be one of my treasures which I shall keep for ever. Don't miss out on this gem of a book. I am now eager to read Flora's biography.
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A Cautionary Note
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If you have been watching the excellent tv series of Lark Rise to Candleford, you may decide that you would like to have the book. If you were expecting a novel or even sketches like Cranford, you will sorely be disappointed. The books in this trilogy are memoirs and go into life in turn of the century Oxfordshire.
If you are interested in history or what life was like at the turn of the century in pastoral communities you will love this book. In its pages you will find the games and rhymes of the children, the houses that people lived in, the clothes they wore and what life was really like. This omnibus book is a unique social commentary and is deeply absorbing, as well as very interesting, but remember it isn't what was on the tv. However, it would make a brilliant companion piece to the series.
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