An autobiographical tale, “From Lark Rise to Candleford,” is a nostalgic ode celebrating the life of Victorian provincial England, narrated by Laura—a girl who grew up in the village of Lark Rise in the north of Oxfordshire and, still a teenager, went to work at the post office in the nearby town of Candleford Green. These half-lyrical, half-documentary recollections charm with the sincerity of the narration and the simple virtues of rural life—at times appearing naïve, and therefore all the more moving.