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Lark Rise
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
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.
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- Honest Customer
- 29-02-24
Enchanting
Magical but realistic….similar style to Call The Midwife…from spellbinding to caustic…beautiful range of emotions. ❤️
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- Carol Lesley woodley
- 08-10-23
School days remembered
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.
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- Woolly Wonder
- 26-08-22
Lovely Story
Super story of a pastoral life gone by. Relatable family life and beautifully read.
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- pebbles141
- 08-04-23
A countryside gone by
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.
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- BT
- 16-10-23
Wonderful book - and beautifully read.
Really enjoyed this. I was in the play adaptation when in school, so it was a lovely experience to read the book.
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- Brigid
- 22-09-20
Lovely book about a past era
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.
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- Kaye Oakden
- 12-11-23
Great Book Extremely Well Read
Really interesting to hear how a small Hamlet operated at the end of the 19th Century.
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- a e german
- 08-12-23
A hard simple way if life
A real joy. The rhythm of the tale against a rhythm of the life back then
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- Blue Jelly Studios
- 26-01-22
A true classic, well read.
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.
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- Mr. Sebastien Frere
- 04-10-23
A wonderful book you must listen to
The Hamlet is described so perfectly, it’s easy to imagine yourself gazing at the wheat fields and the characters feel like old neighbours. You couldn’t have chosen a better narrator. One of my favourite Audible books and I’ll listen to it again because I love the way it made me feel. And the ending, so poignant.
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