Lark Rise

By: Flora Thompson

Narrated by: Karen Cass

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

I love this trilogy!

This story brings me to a time I wish I could see because I love nature so much, but how come the narrator adds extra content that is absolutely not in the text? Laura and Edmund pretending to be earth bubbles is not in the book! Unless maybe the narrator is reading from an annotated version that I don't know about?

The description of the community and environments are vivid.

I enjoy the narration and vivid descriptions but felt it lacked a story line. There were so many interesting characters to build more of a story line. I will try the second book in this series to see how it develops more.

A glimpse...

a great glimpse into what might have been. not like the tv show but still very sweet.

Interesting Historical Information, No Story Line

If you are looking for a book that goes into the daily ins and outs of life in the 1800's, this is exactly what you are looking for. There was a lot of really interesting information, but it is by no means a story or even history of Flora's life. The information is mostly observations of life growing up in a small town and an occasional story from Flora's childhood. If you were a fan of the Lark Rise to Candleford television series, you will be surprised at the lack of a story line, but will hear an occasional name that you recognize from the show. Karen Cass was excellent and made it much easier to listen to than I would have expected this information to be. Overall, I did enjoy the experience, it just was not at all what I was expecting.

Lark Rise

I was expecting to hear a novel - with characters and a plot - so I was disappointed at first. The story is a reminiscence and enjoyable as such. The reader was excellent.