# A Month in the Country

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/jl-carr/a-month-in-the-country

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- Authors: [J.L. Carr](https://www.bookquiver.com/jl-carr)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2000-02-03

## Description

A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of the countryside and the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal and belief in the future. Now an old man, Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of 1920, remembering a vanished place of blissful calm, untouched by change, a precious moment he has carried with him through the disappointments of the years. Adapted into a 1987 film starring Colin Firth, Natasha Richardson and Kenneth Branagh, A Month in the Country traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War.

## Editions

### A Month in the Country

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4182-022-3
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2026-07-30
- Language: en_GB

### A Month in the Country

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: audio
- Length: 3 h 46 min
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- ISBN: 978-18-0206-757-6
- Published: 2024-08-01
- Language: en_GB

### A Month in the Country

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4197-203-8
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2014-08-14
- Language: en_GB

### A Month in the Country

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-582-2
- Published: 2011-12-01
- Language: en_GB

### A Month in the Country

- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-09-4032-247-9
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2000-10-31
- Language: en_US

### A Month in the Country

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-230-8
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2000-02-03
- Language: en_GB