# As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

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- Book: [As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning](https://www.bookquiver.com/laurie-lee/as-i-walked-out-one-midsummer-morning) ([As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/laurie-lee/as-i-walked-out-one-midsummer-morning.md))
- Authors: [Laurie Lee](https://www.bookquiver.com/laurie-lee)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- Medium: audio
- Length: 7 h 28 min
- ISBN: 978-02-4158-376-0
- Published: 2022-03-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 7 h 28 min

## Description

Brought to you by Penguin. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning is the moving follow-up to Laurie Lee's acclaimed Cider with Rosie Abandoning the Cotswolds village that raised him, the young Laurie Lee walks to London. There he makes a living labouring and playing the violin. But, deciding to travel further a field and knowing only the Spanish phrase for 'Will you please give me a glass of water?', he heads for Spain. With just a blanket to sleep under and his trusty violin, he spends a year crossing Spain, from Vigo in the north to the southern coast. Only the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War puts an end to his extraordinary peregrinations . . . 'He writes like an angel and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humour' Sunday Times 'There's a formidable, instant charm in the writing that genuinely makes it difficult to put the book down' New Statesman 'A beautiful piece of writing' Observer © Laurie Lee 1969 (P) Penguin Audio 2022