Flora Thompson
1) Heatherley
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Español
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Una cálida tarde de las postrimerías del siglo pasado, una muchacha de unos veinte años atravesaba los límites de Hampshire desde uno de sus condados limítrofes. Llevaba un vestido de lana de color marrón y un gorro de piel de castor adornado con dos pequeñas plumas de avestruz colocadas a ambos lados de su cabeza como signos de interrogación. Esa muchacha es Flora Thompson, alias Laura, y el pueblo en cuestión, Grayshott, donde Flora se...
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English
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An autobiography of "Laura" - as the author calls herself - which describes in detail her delightful life in a country village. Her self-sufficient world of farm labourers and craftsmen working to the rhythms of the seasons and enjoying their traditional festivities is preserved for readers in this interesting and entertaining narrative.
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Español
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La Trilogía de Candleford, compuesta por los volúmenes Lark Rise, Vuelta a Candleford y Candleford Green, es un clásico de la vida rural británica a finales del siglo XIX inspirado en la infancia y juventud de la propia autora.
Cuenta la historia de tres comunidades de Oxfordshire estrechamente relacionadas: la aldea de Juniper Hill (Lark Rise), donde Flora creció; Buckingham (Candleford), una de las ciudades más cercanas, y el pueblo vecino...
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English
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Still Glides the Stream is considered a minor classic and a fictionalised, if autobiographical, social history of rural English life in the late 19th and early 20th century. It was written by Flora Jane Thompson, an English novelist and poet famous for her semi-autobiographical trilogy about the English countryside, Lark Rise to Candleford.
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English
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The story of three closely-related Oxfordshire communities -- a hamlet, a village, and a town -- and the memorable cast of characters who people them. Based on Thompson's own experiences as a child and young woman, it is keenly observed and beautifully narrated, quiet and evocative.
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AudioGO
Pub. Date
[2011], p2009
Language
English
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The story of three closely-related Oxfordshire communities--a hamlet, a village, and a town--and the memorable cast of characters who people them. Based on Thompson's own experiences as a child and young woman, it is keenly observed and beautifully narrated, quiet and evocative.
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Distributed in the USA by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Depicts country life in late nineteenth-century Oxfordshire through a young woman's experiences in the contrasting communities of Lark Rise, the small hamlet of her childhood, and Candleford, a progressive market town.
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
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"Still Glides the Stream is considered a minor classic and a fictionalised, if autobiographical, social history of rural English life in the late 19th and early 20th century. It was written by Flora Jane Thompson, an English novelist and poet famous for her semi-autobiographical trilogy about the English countryside, Lark Rise to Candleford."--Amazon.com
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Newcomer Gabriel Cochrane arrive in Candleford with a vendetta against the evil banker Steerforth, who he feels has tricked him into losing his business. Elsewhere, Dorcas makes an ill-judged intervention, Minnie becomes worried that Alfie might fall out of love with her, and Emma is left in a precarious financial position.
