- Authors, English, Biography, British, Childhood and youth
It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building site.
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Earnest, grave, prestige and nostalgic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Laurie Lee
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Deutsch, ISIS Audio Books, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780233961170
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