Candleford Green

What a gift Thompson has bequeathed us. In our academies we learn history from the top down: “Big" people first followed by middling ones who managed to become important, and then the rest - farmers, laborers, servants, and craftsmen who left little more to posterity than their names in parish recor......more

At sixteen, I thought this book was a colossal bore, where was the excitement I was craving for... At a much later date, my craze for excitement in books had abated, I picked it up and found it very good. It really is a meticulous account about rural England at the turn of the Century . The author......more

Una amena y deleitosa lectura, Flora Thompson me hizo sumergirme en su mundo, recordando con añoranza tiempos pasados, una novela para saborear sin prisas, muy amable lectura para esto tiempo que estamos viviendo, excelente forma de narrar. Extractos del libro: No hagas preguntas y no te contarán ment......more

Seeing as this book is 3 books in 1 my review has averaged the 3 books. Book 1: Lark Rise 1 star Rather boring overly detailed living in crappy village. I would think it was endearing and sweet if she didn't destroy all her lovely anecdotes with something horrible about what happened years later. Lik......more