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Our Village, Volume 1

This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about 18 months, then later, Volume 2 chronicles the changes when Miss Mitford returns to the village some 2 years later. The book's subtitle is “sketches of rural character and scenery”... and this perfectly describes its contents. People and nature are minutely observed and the language reflects Miss Mitford's exquisite eye for detail and love of the changing seasons and the impact they have on the flora and fauna around her. The village characters are described mainly fondly, but not without the occasional wry reference to their faults! In her introduction to a later edition, Anne Thackeray Ritchie quotes from Miss Mitford's reply to William Elford when asked if her characters and descriptions are true......."Yes, as true as is well possible....you, as a great landscape painter know that in painting a favourite scene you do a little embellish and can't help it; you avail yourself of happy accidents of atmosphere; if anything be ugly you strike it out, or if anything be wanting, you put it in. But still the picture is a likeness.” But even if seen through rose-coloured lenses, these gentle little sketches conjure up a time and place long gone and transport us for a while to another, simpler world. ( Anne Fletcher)

Year of Publication: 1893Genres: Single Author Collections , Memoirs

Running Time: 09 hours 54 minutes 14 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface Anne Fletcher	1:31
2	Our Village Anne Fletcher	26:36
3	Walks in the Country Pt 1, Frost and Thaw Anne Fletcher	14:50
4	Walks in the Country Pt 2, The First Primrose Anne Fletcher	13:24
5	Walks in the Country Pt 3 Violeting Anne Fletcher	11:22
6	Walks in the Country Pt 4 The Cowslip- Ball Anne Fletcher	21:30
7	Walks in the Country Ptr 5 The Hard Summer Anne Fletcher	23:00
8	Walks in the Country Pt 6 Nutting Anne Fletcher	15:01
9	Walks in the Country PT 7 The Visit Anne Fletcher	28:29
10	Walks in the Country Pt 8 The Copse Anne Fletcher	23:41
11	Walks in the Country Pt 9 The Wood Anne Fletcher	11:59
12	Walks in the Country Pt 10 The Dell Anne Fletcher	16:15
13	Walks in the Country Pt 11 The Old House at Aberleigh Anne Fletcher	16:21
14	Walks in the Country Pt 12 The Shaw Anne Fletcher	19:22
15	Walks in the Country Pt13 Hannah Bint Anne Fletcher	20:18
16	Walks in the Country Pt 14 The Fall of The Leaf Anne Fletcher	10:20
17	Hannah Anne Fletcher	16:00
18	Modern Antiques Anne Fletcher	18:31
19	A Great Farm House Anne Fletcher	15:43
20	Lucy Anne Fletcher	25:00
21	Bramley Maying Anne Fletcher	16:11
22	Cousin Mary Anne Fletcher	14:46
23	The Talking Lady Anne Fletcher	15:07
24	Ellen Anne Fletcher	27:06
25	A Country Cricket Match Anne Fletcher	28:55
26	Tom Cordery Anne Fletcher	20:28
27	An Old Bachelor Anne Fletcher	17:55
28	A Village Beau Anne Fletcher	17:18
29	The Talking Gentleman Anne Fletcher	11:57
30	Mrs Mosse Anne Fletcher	33:11
31	Aunt Martha Anne Fletcher	8:19
32	A Parting Glance At Our Village Anne Fletcher	33:48