South Huntsville Public Library
Classic Pages Book Club
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Read the Classics with us and discuss these great works of literature.
May's title will be: "Lark Rise to Candleford" by Flora Thompson.
From Goodreads: Based on Thompson's own experiences as a child and young woman, it is keenly observed and beautifully narrated, quiet and evocative.We will only read the first book in the trilogy. Afterward, we will also watch and discuss the first episode of the TV series. This BBC series is based on Flora Thompson's semi-autobiographical book "Lark Rise to Candleford", which was originally published as three separate books: "Lark Rise", "Over to Candleford" and "Candleford Green". The three books, which were published in 1939, '41, and '43 were literary recollections of some of the events which had occurred more than 50 years earlier, during the very end of the 19th century, when Flora [Timms] Thompson grew up in the tiny Oxfordshire hamlet of Juniper Hill ("Lark Rise"), and then at age 14 started work at a small post office in the village of Fringford ("Candleford Green").
This TV series includes Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey), Victoria Hamilton (The Crown) and Sarah Lancashire (Julia).
For more information: bbutler@hmcpl.org