Review and thoughts on Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson

I usually like to read fantasy adventures that include magic and mysteries. This book has its own kind of magic and mystery …

Flora Thompson gives many details of what it was like to live in a small (very small) village. She tells about her family and the way families did things at that time.

At the end of the 19th century, life was very different from what it is now, and life in England was remarkably different from what it was in America at that time. Flora Thompson paints a vivid picture of time and place with her words. She doesn’t really tell a story, she just tells how things were and some things that happened to her as a child.

You cannot read this book thinking that you will get a story because it actually has no plot, just lovely information.

Worth reading …

Review and reflections on The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

I love this story! Lately I have asked several people if they have read it and have received the same answer, no … I do not understand? They hadn’t even heard of him!

It is a great adventure story with intrigue and mystery. A family inherits an old house that has a ghost. Once they realize that the ghost is real, they have to decide how to get rid of it. It’s not really a scary story even though it does have a ghost.

The ghost made a terrible mistake and has lived (or whatever it is called) with that terrible mistake for many years. I’m not going to reveal the whole story, but it has a great mystery and a lot of emotion.

Several movies have been made with the story, one of them even has Sir Patrick Stewart in it. I would recommend it if you want to see the story rather than read it.

Both books inspire me a lot for some stories that I want to write in the future. I love finding old stories that have the energy that these two books have. They can transport you to a different place and time and show you things you never thought of. They can also give you a new perspective on what you thought you knew or believed. There is so much excitement these days about how books have to be best sellers or by a certain author or whatever … at the time these two books were written it was different, it just had to be good writing or good writing. story. These books may not have been published if they had been written today and what a loss it would have been!

I think sometimes stories can become forgotten gems … these two have.