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When the young Flora Thompson took up her duties at Grayshott post-office in 1898, she found to her amazement that her customers included Arthur Conan Doyle and George Bernard Shaw. The neighbouring settlement of Hindhead had attracted many eminent Victorians to take up residence, and the telegraph machine at Grayshott which Flora was employed to operate was their prime means of communication to the outside world. In Heatherley , she tells us that as a result of meeting these famous authors she 'destroyed her own scraps of writing, saying to herself as they smouldered to tinder that that was the end of a foolish idea.' Fortunately it did not stop her altogether, and from the perspective of some forty-five years after the events described, Flora Thompson remembers with her usual clarity back to a time when bicycles and Kodak cameras were just becoming popular, and she herself was guilty of crossing the strict conventions of propriety at the end of the nineteenth century. With this book, Flora picks up the story of her life a year after she left 'Candleford Green' and her native Oxfordshire to arrive in 'heathery' Hampshire. Here she was to stay, off and on, for the next 30 years of her life. But although she completed the typescript of this sequel to 'Lark Rise to Candleford', Flora never published it. Instead, many years later, it was included in a posthumous collection of her writings by Margaret Lane entitled 'A Country Calendar and other works' - which has been out of print now for some years. In this new edition, celebrating the centenary of her arrival in Grayshott, we have reviewed Flora's original typescript and added illustrations and historical notes as well as some fresh material found in her archives, now in the University of Texas. Introduction by Anne Mallinson of Selborne; chapter illustrations by Hester Whittle; historical notes by John Owen Smith.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Owen Smith
ISBN-139781873855294
eBay Product ID (ePID)91873548
Product Key Features
Book TitleHeatherley: the Lost Sequel to Lark Rise to Candleford
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicLocal History
IllustratorHester Whittle
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorFlora Thompson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
EditorJohn Owen Smith
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorFlora Thompson
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- 02 Jun, 2021
Another good read from the same author ...
It follows the style of Lark Rise to Candleford and tells of the latter years of the author's life in a semi-autobiographical fashion. So if you enjoyed the first book you should find Heatherley just as entertaining. The author's understanding and enjoyment of the countryside and its inhabitants is well expressed. A sensitive portrayal of the times through which the author lived.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Jul, 2025
good follow up to larkrise to candlefor...
good follow up to larkrise to candleford tv playVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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