Lark Rise To Candelford

[lesbiassparrow]

To cheer myself up I started watching this even though it was a Christmas gift and I should not be watching it so early. I am enjoying it muchly, even though Dawn French's acting is right out of the 'Buxom Wench #4" box. It's all chest heaving and winking.

(I would probably enjoy this more if I hadn't recently been to a lecture on the horrors of urban poverty in the English countryside in the 19th century. I want to think about happy peasants, not people scrubbing for a crust.)

Comments

[chelseagirl47.livejournal.com]

I read this in a grad school class. As far as I can recall there was no plot, it was just all "oh wasn't rural England lovely . . . "

So I've been curious about how they dramatized it.

[elspethsheir.livejournal.com]

The dramatization is much much better! The books were very... gentle. So is the series, but with an occasional bite!

[chelseagirl47.livejournal.com]

Good to know -- thanks!

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Watching this is like taking a nice warm bath; I am not sure if it will turn out to have a plot, but all the same it is rather fun. (I have owned the book a few times but never read it.)