Cider with Rosie

Cider with Rosie

Cider with Rosie is a 1959 book by Laurie Lee . It is the first book of a trilogy that continues with As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and A Moment of War . It has sold over six million copies worldwide. The novel is an account of Lee's childhood in the village of Slad, Gloucestershire, England, in the period soon after the First World War. It chronicles the traditional village life which disappeared with the advent of new developments, such as the coming of the motor car, and also of the experience of childhood seen from many years later. The identity of Rosie was revealed years later...
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Author:Laurie Lee
Genre:Biography, Autobiography, Fiction
Number of editions:26

Author of Cider with Rosie

Laurie Lee
Laurie Lee
June 26, 1914 - May 13, 1997
Birthplace:Stroud

Laurence Edward Alan "Laurie" Lee, MBE was an English poet, novelist, and screenwriter, raised in the village of Slad, and went to Marling School, Gloucestershire. His most famous work was an autobiographical trilogy which consisted of Cider with Rosie , As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and...
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Additional works by Laurie Lee
BookCopyright Date
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
moment of war
I can't stay long
Two women
We made a film in Cyprus 1947
Man must move
voyage of Magellan
Rose for winter
The edge of day
Selected poems
A Moment of War
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Literary Genres

Biography
Biography

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. It entails more than basic facts , a biography also portrays a subject's...
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Autobiography
Autobiography

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Fiction
Fiction

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    The written work is labeled as- Biography, Autobiography and Fiction.
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    The work has 59 pages.
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    "Cider with Rosie" is of the subject matter category: Biography and Great Britain

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