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Description edit
A re-issue of the evocative and nostalgic account of Lee's country childhood in a secluded Cotswold valley. Lee describes a vanished rural world of village schools and church outings but also touches on the darker side of village life as it comes into contact with murder, rape, suicide and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Laurie Lee: The narrator and one of the sons.
- Jack: Add a description of this character.
- Marjorie
- Dorothy
- Tony
- Rosie
- Granny Trill
- Harold
- Stroud
- Boney
- Phyllis
- Granny Wallon
- Miss Wardley
- Fred Bates
- Alice
- Vera
- Sid
- Annie
- Tom
- Marge
- Mrs Davies
- Joseph
- Charlie
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I was set down from the carrier's cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the village began.
Table of Contents edit
First Light
First Names
Village School
The Kitchen
Grannies in the Wainscot
Public Death, Private Murder
Mother
Winter and Summer
Sick Boy
The Uncles
Outings and Festivals
First Bite at the Apple
Last Days
Acknowledgements
Series & Lists edit
This is book 56 of 97 in Waterstone's Top 100 Books of the 20th Century. (authoritative list)
This is book 87 of 37 in 100 Books Every Child Should Read - Part 03: Early Teens (The Telegraph). (authoritative list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 459 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Country: London
Publication Date: 1959
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 232
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Country: London
Publication Date: 1959
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 232
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 942.417083092
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