Lark Rise is a show about a woman’s world and the men are part of it as steadying pieces or they are pulled into it and incorporated in or they leave it heartbroken but the women are the center and the heart. And that’s why I love it.
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"Going against barriers to women working in her time period. Having fun all the while"
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Samantha Bond in Lark Rise To Candleford.
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Lark Rise to Candleford: Gabriel Cochrane [ISTP 5w4]
MBTI Type: ISTP
Gabriel is a brilliant inventor who prides himself on building and creating things, from his three-dimensional clock pieces to amuse Sydney to his ultimate invention of a planting machine. He asks Alf to take it from field to field, seeing it as a good business venture for him to earn a living and do things faster for the farmers—and when Alf turns him down, Gabriel says it’s…
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Lark Rise to Candleford: A Woman Named Dorcas Lane
One of my favorite female characters lives the charming town of Candleford, on the edge of the small community of Lark Rise. Her name is Dorcas Lane and she runs the Post Office.
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Fictional women to aspire to #3
Dorcas Lane
From Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
Is civil even to people who are rude, like the Pratt sisters.
Sets boundaries with Sir Timothy.
Is sympathetic to Lady Adelaide instead of being jealous of her.
Is open-minded towards those who are shunned by society, for example Mr Macey and Patty.
Stands up for herself when others question why a woman is running a post office.
Bends the rules for the sake of humanitarianism.
Is not ashamed to admit to her many weaknesses.
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Margaret Ellison necking a bottle of sherry is my spirit animal.
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