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Lark Rise

By: Flora Thompson
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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Lark Rise is Flora Thompson's childhood memories of a north Oxfordshire village, the people who lived and worked in it, and a way of life that has totally disappeared. The story is built around Laura and her brother Edmund, through whose eyes are seen 'old Sally', whose grandfather built the house she lived in before the enclosure of the heathland, children's games, the interaction of village and gentry, and the way in which the seasons governed life.

©1939 Flora Thompson (P)2019 Soundings Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Funny Feel-Good

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Magical but realistic….similar style to Call The Midwife…from spellbinding to caustic…beautiful range of emotions. ❤️

Enchanting

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Very entertaining can still hear my mother describing her school days her walk to school and going to church so this book was rather comforting. Thank you.

School days remembered

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Super story of a pastoral life gone by. Relatable family life and beautifully read.

Lovely Story

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I loved this book. It is well written and well narrated and gives an excellent insight to rural life in the 1880's. Flora Thompson was a skilled writer and a contemporary of this time; I did not want the book to end.
Karen Cass captured the characters with great skill and compassion.

Lovely book about a past era

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Really interesting to hear how a small Hamlet operated at the end of the 19th Century.

Great Book Extremely Well Read

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A real joy. The rhythm of the tale against a rhythm of the life back then

A hard simple way if life

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A gentle amble through a time gone by. A beautiful book. Well drawn characters and storyline, interspersed with country law and country ways.I found the ending very moving.

A countryside gone by

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Really enjoyed this. I was in the play adaptation when in school, so it was a lovely experience to read the book.

Wonderful book - and beautifully read.

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This is a wonderful book that I first read many years ago. We get to look at a vanished country way of life in Oxfordshire, from the prospective of a child, in the 1880’s. So many interesting details, it’s an absolute gem. The performance on this audible version of Lark Rise is very good and I thoroughly recommend it.

An old favourite!

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Like many, I know of Larkrise through the BBC adaptation but this book had remained unread on my shelf. I really enjoyed this version and found the narration easy to listen to with no 'rustification' more than necessary.
Don't expect a straight narrative - it's a loose collection of observations and recollections.
As I tend to listen to Audible on journeys, I was curious to realise that I was passing Juniper Hill (just off the link road between the M1 and Oxford) and took a look. Some of the stone houses of 'The Rise' can still be seen.

A true classic, well read.

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