The Illustrated Still Glides The Stream
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A tender and evocative work of autobiographical fiction, Still Glides the Stream chronicles the quiet rhythms of rural English life through the eyes of Charity Finch, a woman who returns to her Oxfordshire village after many years away and finds herself immersed in memories of a vanished world. Flora Thompson, celebrated for her Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy, brings the same lyrical precision and nostalgic warmth to this final novel, painting an intimate portrait of a late-Victorian countryside community on the cusp of irreversible change. The narrative unfolds at a gentle, contemplative pace, capturing the textures of village customs, the cadences of local speech, and the enduring bonds of rural kinship with remarkable authenticity. Thompson illustrates how the past and present coexist in the landscape and in memory, rendering the ordinary details of country life — a mill, a meadow, a familiar face — as quietly profound. This illustrated edition enriches the reading experience by giving visual form to the pastoral world Thompson so lovingly reconstructed from her own childhood recollections.
Author: Flora Thompson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Guild Publishing London (by arrangement with Century Publishing)
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A tender and evocative work of autobiographical fiction, Still Glides the Stream chronicles the quiet rhythms of rural English life through the eyes of Charity Finch, a woman who returns to her Oxfordshire village after many years away and finds herself immersed in memories of a vanished world. Flora Thompson, celebrated for her Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy, brings the same lyrical precision and nostalgic warmth to this final novel, painting an intimate portrait of a late-Victorian countryside community on the cusp of irreversible change. The narrative unfolds at a gentle, contemplative pace, capturing the textures of village customs, the cadences of local speech, and the enduring bonds of rural kinship with remarkable authenticity. Thompson illustrates how the past and present coexist in the landscape and in memory, rendering the ordinary details of country life — a mill, a meadow, a familiar face — as quietly profound. This illustrated edition enriches the reading experience by giving visual form to the pastoral world Thompson so lovingly reconstructed from her own childhood recollections.