valerie whittington played dorcas in lark rise to candleford.
valerie whittington played dorcas in lark rise to candleford.
who played dorcas in lark rise to candleford?
valerie whittington
the story is seen through the eyes of a teenage girl, laura timmins (olivia hallinan), as she leaves lark rise to start a new life under the wing of her mother's cousin, the independent and effervescent dorcas lane (julia sawalha), who is post mistress at the local post office in candleford. through these two characters, viewers experience the force of friendship as laura and dorcas see each other through the best and worst of times.









































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section::::cast.:casting notes.
lark rise to candleford (tv series)
lark rise









































lark rise is a 1939 semi-autobiographical novel by the english author flora thompson. it was illustrated by lynton lamb.









































in 1945, the book was republished as part of the trilogy "lark rise to candleford", comprising the novels "lark rise" (1939), "over to candleford" (1941), and "candleford green" (1943).









































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the novel follows the childhood of laura timmins in the small rural northern oxfordshire hamlet of 'lark rise' and the surrounding countryside. it is a part-lyrical, part-documentary portrait of the actual hamlet, juniper hill, where the author was born.









































section::::critical analysis.
lark rise