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''Lark Rise to Candleford'' is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the countryside of north-east Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England, at the end of the 19th century. They were written by Flora Thompson and first published together in 1945. The stories were previously published separately as ''Lark Rise'' in 1939 (illustrated by Lynton Lamb), ''Over to Candleford'' in 1941 and ''Candleford Green'' in 1943. The stories relate to three communities: the hamlet of Juniper Hill (“Lark Rise”), where Flora grew up; Bicester (“Candleford”), the nearest town, and the nearby village of Fringford (“Candleford Green”),〔 where Flora got her first job in the Post Office. Lark Rise to Candleford was reissued by David R. Godine, Publisher in 2008. ==Theme== Because Thompson wrote her account some forty years after the events she describes she was able to identify the period as a pivotal point in rural history: the time when the quiet, close-knit and peaceful rural culture, governed by the seasons, began a transformation, through agricultural mechanisation, better communications and urban expansion, into the homogenised society of today. The transformation is not explicitly described. It appears as allegory, for example in Laura's first visit to Candleford without her parents: the journey from her tiny village to the sophisticated town representing the temporal changes that would affect her whole community.〔 Although the works are autobiographical, Thompson distances herself from her childhood persona by telling the tale in the third person; she appears in the book as "Laura Timmins", rather than her real maiden name of Flora Timms. This device allows Thompson to comment on the action, using the voice of "Laura" as the child she was and as the adult narrator, without imposing herself into the work.〔 She wrote a sequel ''Heatherley'', (set in Grayshott, Hampshire) describing her life working in the Post Office at the turn of the century, but the period lacked the changing social significance described in her earlier works and she did not seek to have it published.〔 It appeared posthumously, in 1979. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lark Rise to Candleford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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