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Author: Flora Thompson

📘 Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson

Flora Thompson’s celebrated memoir, originally published as a trilogy—Lark Rise, Over to Candleford, and Candleford Green—is presented here in one volume. It follows a young girl’s childhood and adolescence in late‑nineteenth‑century rural England, portraying the privations of poverty and the everyday joys of village life. Thompson’s account offers a vivid, moving portrait of a disappearing way of life, capturing the warmth, sorrow, and resilience of its people.

First publish date: 1945

Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Flora Thompson

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