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Cider with Rosie (Essential Penguin) (Hardcover)

by Laurie Lee (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (3 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140278729
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140278729
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"One of the great writers of the twentieth century."
--"Independent
""An enchanting book, an exquisite farewell, not only to childhood, and boyhood,
but also to an England that has vanished."
--JB Priestly
"Remains as fresh and full of joy and gratitude for youth and its sensations as when it first appeared.
It sings in the memory"
--"Sunday Times"
"It has got... a marvellous morning freshness...There is hardly a sentence in it that does not set the sense of touch and smell, as well as sight and hearing, tingling"
--"Daily Mail"
"He had a nightingale inside him, a capacity for sensuous, lyrical precision"
--"Guardian"
"Lee was a poet whose deft passage into prose carried with it much of the rhythm and accuracy of the poet's language"
--Mignon Khargie, Art Director of Salon

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one of Susan Hampshire's `Six Best Books': `utterly charming'
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic memoir, 30 Mar 2006
By Star_Sea "Xing" (Salisbury, England) - See all my reviews
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Although Laurie Lee preferred to write poetry, he is best known for his prose: the trilogy of memoirs he wrote late in his life. "Cider with Rosie" is the first, detailing his childhood from the time he moves into his Gloucestershire home to just before he leaves to seek his fortune. His prose is extremely lyrical, especially when describing nature, his beloved mother and his three older half-sisters. Apart from the quality of the writing, "Cider with Rosie" should be read for the poetic descriptions of an England with few motorcars "where the horse was still king", agricultural communities that were able to function independently and hardly any interference from "the outside world".
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Long ago and far away, 23 Aug 2007
By Bob Sherunkle (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cider with Rosie (Vintage classics) (Paperback)
"They said: `You're Laurie Lee, aren't you? Well just you sit there for the present.' I sat there all day but I never got it. I ain't going back there again." This is Laurie Lee's unforgettable description of his first day at school.

I have a special affection for this book, as my mother grew up in the Stroud area and was only two years younger than Laurie. Even if they didn't actually know each other, it is very likely that they met.

The story manages to be both lyrical and realistic. One minute it presents a childhood idyll, next you are faced with death - sometimes sad, sometimes brutal.

The core of the story is the life of Laurie's large and boisterous family, living in cheerful poverty in their Cotswold cottage, and above all his mercurial, warm-hearted mother (his father plays only a bit-part in events). "She was an artist, a light-giver, and an original, and she never for a moment knew it."

It is a common tendency to look back on the period of one's youth as a turning point in history, but when you read the last chapter you will understand Laurie's claim "The village had a few years left, the last of its thousand, and they passed almost without our knowing".

Rosie really did exist. Indeed, she outlived Laurie, and only three years ago she was interviewed by BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

There have been two excellent TV adaptations of the story. Unfortunately neither is currently available on DVD. (Correction August 2008 - the more recent version starring Juliet Stevenson is now available.)

The book is as golden as the cider of the title - read it and delight.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Eloquent, 20 April 2008
By kehs (Hertfordshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cider with Rosie (Vintage classics) (Paperback)
This is a wonderfully told memoir of Lee's childhood in the remote Cotswold village of Stroud. He tells of how he grew up being raised in a one-parent family, his father having left them when he was just 3 years old. His mother believed for all of her life that one day her husband would return home to them, but sadly he never did. He used to send them a few pounds to support the home each week but Lee's life was one of poverty and hardship, yet he still took delight in many of the simple things in life. Lee's style of writing is beautifully descriptive and depicts a world before technology such as mobile phones and computers were even imagined. Sometimes funny, often sad, but extremely eloquently told, in this book Laurie Lee brings the distant past back to life and I highly recommend it.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Cider with Rosie
Beautiful story, wonderfully written. The condition of the book was disappointing. It was for a gift and I felt unable to give this book in the condition it was in.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent purchase.
I bought this old favourite to give a little later to my Grandaughter. The book was in very good condition ( considering the purchase price! Read more
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Cider with Rosie is a very special book. I read it when I was seventeen, and reread it last month, when I'm 57! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cider With Rosie
Laurie Lee classic recounting tales of his childhood, youth etc in an illuminating manner. He writes very descriptively and the reader will be captivated.
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. L. Reid

4.0 out of 5 stars Cider with Rosie - Play version
This is a drama version of the well loved story based on the life of Laurie Lee. A wonderful glimpse into the past when children played outside in fields all summer long :0)
Published 4 months ago by J. A. Johnston

5.0 out of 5 stars Startling imagery, beautiful prose.

A classic that really needs to be read by all who value quality writing.
Published 4 months ago by Mr. H. P. Durnall

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No wonder Laurie Lee's autobiography received such acclaim. The story Begin's at the end of the 1st world war and is beautifully written. Read more
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Somewhere in the Universe the words of this book are carved in stone, alongside Shakespeare's sonnets. It is shamelessly nostalgic and even heart-breaking. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. F. POTTER

5.0 out of 5 stars Be transported through time and space!
I love this book. Our headmaster often used to read passages from it in morning assemley decades ago, and it stayed with me since then. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Patience

4.0 out of 5 stars A sort of cross between a novel and a biographical prose poem
This very richly written descriptive of a childhood so fondly remembered is a piece of pure writing, straight from the heart, and rightly stands as a classic. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Lou Knee

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