the ILLUSTRATED, STILL GLIDES the STREAM *

THOMPSON, Flora

ISBN 10: 0517558416 / ISBN 13: 9780517558416

Published by CROWN PUBLISHERS, * * * * *, 1985

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B00K: Fine/ $43.03 0517558416 the ILLUSTRATED, STILL GLIDES the STREAM THOMPSON, Flora CROWN PUBLISHERS 1985 1sT Crown American Edition, 1sT Printing Sun Effects On A Red Spine With Title In Black Letters In A Brown Rectangle Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Front Interior Flap, $18.95. Hard Cover B00K: Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 224 Numbered Pages That Appear To Be Lightly Read, Printed On Off-White Paper, In Fine+/ Condition, Slightest Wear. Corners Are Square. Description Applies To This B00K, Only, Which Is Hard To Find, And Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift For The Collector / Reader. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: the ILLUSTRATED, STILL GLIDES the STREAM *
• Publisher: CROWN PUBLISHERS, * * * * *
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517558416
• ISBN 13: 9780517558416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: 1985 B00K: Fine/
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

In 'Still Glides the Stream,' Flora Thompson returns to the English countryside of her childhood. Published posthumously in 1948, it paints an unforgettable picture of the people and way of life of almost a century ago. Unlike her best-selling trilogy, the book is entirely fictional, centered on the imaginary Oxfordshire village of Restharrow around the time of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

The village and its inhabitants are seen through the eyes of Miss Charity Finch, a retired school mistress, who returns to Restharrow to relive the memories of her early years. Her memories capture a world where life was hard but values were solid and enduring, but it is also a world that was vanishing...even as Charity Finch remembers her childhood.

In 'Still Glides the Stream,' Flora Thompson employs her imagination and artistic skills to wholly new effect. With an unforgettable gallery of characters, Uncle Reuben, Bess, Mercy, Luke, Stella Pocock, and the rest, she creates a vivid and affectionate portrait of life in the English countryside as it was a century ago.