# Nostalgia and the Past in Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

> Theme guide for Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock.

The narrative is steeped in a longing for a simpler time, with the narrator addressing readers who have left Mariposa and now dream of returning, highlighting the bittersweet memory of a lost home.

## Where it surfaces

- [L'Envoi. The Train to Mariposa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/chapters/xii-l-envoi-the-train-to-mariposa): The entire chapter is a meditation on longing for the past, as the narrator and the club members dream of returning to Mariposa and recall their youth.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/themes/nostalgia_and_the_past
- Themes index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sunshine_sketches_of_a_little_town_se/themes