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It has been dramatized for television.
It has been dramatized for television.

Laurie Lee uses deep, poetic language from first page to last, and the book contains more metaphors and similes than any other book in the world


[[Category:English non-fiction literature]]
[[Category:English non-fiction literature]]

Revision as of 19:09, 4 December 2006

Cider With Rosie is a 1959 book by Laurie Lee.

It is an account of his childhood in the village of Slad in Gloucestershire in England, in the period soon after the First World War.

It is an account of the traditional village life which disappeared with developments such as the coming of the motor car, and also of the experience of childhood seen from many years later.

It has been dramatized for television.

Laurie Lee uses deep, poetic language from first page to last, and the book contains more metaphors and similes than any other book in the world