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Down in the Valley
A Writer's Landscape
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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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.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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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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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
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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