Over to Candleford

This part had a bit more of a plot structure. But still, it was not enough to make a proper novel. Nonetheless, I loved the reminiscences of be-gone times. More in the review of the whole trilogy.......more

Now that I know there's no real story here, this is a comforting sort of evening read. "Laura", the rather 2-dimensional main character, has more to do with the actual telling as she finally makes it to Candleford, which is only about 8 miles distant...but when you go on foot, that's a long way. She......more

This wonderful book is certainly superior to its predecessor. I feel like if Thompson had published today, most of “Lark Rise” (the first in the trilogy) would be in an appendix or published separately as a history. This book is much more of a novel, with a linear story about Laura’s later childhood......more

Second part of the famous trilogy (Lark Rise to Candleford), where the author continues telling reminiscences about her childhood in a small English hamlet, and their visits and holidays spent with her cousins in Candleford, a small town near their hamlet. Just about the end, this part of her life co......more

Over to Candleford is, like Lark Rise, not so much about plot as about village life in Flora Thompson's childhood. I've tagged it as non-fiction, though I gather there's some element of fictionalisation... It's very much like the first book: idealised country life, the simple pleasures, etc, etc. Unl......more