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“You don't want to be poor and look poor, too,' they would say; and 'We've got our pride. Yes, we've got our pride.”

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This book is a detailed account of the author's childhood experiences in the English countryside, transitioning into the early 20th century. It provides a vivid portrayal of rural life, including the social customs, economic changes, and personal growth of the characters. more

Author

Flora Thompson

Flora Thompson was an English novelist known for her vivid portrayals of rural life in England. Born on December 5, 1876, and passing away on May 21, 1947, Thompson's works deeply reflected the changes in English rural society during the early 20th century. more

“Let any one who is acquainted with what multitudes of people get their daily bread in this city by their labour, whether artificers or meer workmen—I say, let any man consider what must be the miserable condition of this town if, on a sudden, they should all be turned out of employment, that labour should cease, and wages for work be no more. This was the case with us at that time; and had not the sums of money contributed in charity by well-disposed people of every kind, as well as abroad as at home, been prodigiously great, it had not been in the power of the Lord Mayor and sheriffs to have kept the publick peace. Nor were they without apprehensions, as it was, that desperation should push the people upon tumults and cause them to rifle the houses of rich men and plunder the markets of provisions; in which case the country people, who brought provisions very freely and boldly to town, would have been terrified from coming any more, and the town would have sunk under an unavoidable famine.”

Poor Poverty Trade Unemployment Plague Famine

Book:A Journal of the Plague Year

Source: A Journal of the Plague Year

“Sometimes the things that are felt the most are expressed between two souls over the distance and over time...where no words abide. And others may speak freely, live with one another freely, express themselves freely– just like everyone else, but then there is you... you have no words for proof of reassurance, no tokens of professed love, but you have something. Something worth keeping.”

Inspirational Quotes Time Distance Inspirational Love Two Souls Wordless Beyond Distance Beyond Time Something Worth Keeping

Book:Saint Paul Trois Chateaux: 1948

Source: Saint Paul Trois Chateaux: 1948

“It must be confessed that though the plague was chiefly among the poor, yet were the poor the most venturous and fearless of it, and went about their employment with a sort of brutal courage; I must call it so, for it was founded neither on religion or prudence; scarce did they use any caution, but run into any business which they could get employment in, though it was the most hazardous. Such was that of tending the sick, watching houses shut up, carrying infected persons to the pest-house, and, which was still worse, carrying the dead away to their graves.”

Poor Poverty Courage Bravery Class Society

Book:A Journal of the Plague Year

Source: A Journal of the Plague Year