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Down in the Valley

A Writer's Landscape
By Laurie Lee
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Down in the Valley by Laurie Lee is a charming collection of essays that captures the essence of rural life in the Cotswolds. Through vivid observations and memories, Lee paints a nostalgic picture of the landscapes, traditions, and the people of the English countryside. This work adds a reflective dimension to his other autobiographical writings, offering readers a heartfelt glimpse into a simpler, pastoral world.
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This book may appeal to you if you're enchanted by vivid, evocative tales of rural life and appreciate a poetic memoir that brings the lush landscapes and charming nuances of the countryside to life. With its rich prose, it's perfect for those who enjoy immersing themselves in nostalgic reflections and personal stories from a bygone era.

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Down in the Valley

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From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's world.

'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a pod, so snug and enclosed and protective.'

Laurie Lee walked out of his childhood village one summer morning to travel the world, but he was always drawn back to his beloved Slad Valley, eventually returning to make it his home.

In this never-before-published portrait of his Cotswold home, Laurie Lee guides us through its landscapes and shares memories of his village youth - from his favourite pub, The Woolpack, to winter skating on the pond, the church through the seasons, local legends, learning the violin and playing jazz records in the privy on a wind-up gramophone.

Filled with wry humour and a love of place, Down in the Valley is a writer's tribute to the landscape that shaped him and where he found peace.

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Down in the Valley is lauded for its vivid portrayal of the author's landscape, capturing the essence of time and place with an evocative narrative. Reviewers appreciate Laurie Lee's ability to express how childhood environments can profoundly shape us, offering a nostalgic journey through familiar terrains.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241411698

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 89g

Pages: 112

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Biography & Memoir Laurie Lee Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Science & Nature Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Laurie Lee has written some of the best-loved travel books in the English language. Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, in 1914, he was educated at Slad village school and Stroud Central School. At the age of nineteen he walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain, where he was trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War. He later returned by crossing the Pyrenees, as he recounted in A Moment of War. Laurie Lee published four collections of poems- The Sun My Monument (1944), The Bloom of Candles (1947), My Many-Coated Man (1955) and Pocket Poems (1960). His other works include The Voyage of Magellan (1948), The Firstborn (1964), I Can't Stay Long (1975), and Two Women (1983). He also wrote three bestselling volumes of autobiography- Cider with Rosie (1959), which has sold over six million copies worldwide, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) and A Moment of War (1991).

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