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21%OFFLaurie Lee - As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Penguin Modern Classics) - 9780241953280 - 9780241953280
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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Description for As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Penguin Modern Classics) Paperback. The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep's wool, was the last I saw of my country home as I left it to discover the world' Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BM; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 170.

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with Rosie

Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to travel further a field and knowing only the Spanish phrase for 'Will you please give me a glass of water?', he heads for Spain. With just a blanket to sleep under and his trusty violin, he spends a year crossing Spain, from Vigo in the north to the southern coast. Only the outbreak of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241953280
SKU
9780241953280
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Laurie Lee
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 ... Read more

Reviews for As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Penguin Modern Classics)
A beautiful piece of writing
Observer
The vivid sensitive, irresistibly readable story of what happened after he left home
Daily Mail
A poet's book
Sunday Times
He writes like an angel and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humour
Sunday Times
There's a ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (Penguin Modern Classics)


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