William Jones (novel)
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William Jones is a novel
by T. Rowland Hughes, written in 1944.
It tells of the story of a quarryman in Gwynedd
who decides to leave his community to look for work in the coal mines of South Wales
.
It describes the tough lives of the quarrymen at the beginning of the twentieth century, and furthermore it is the only Welsh novel which illustrated life in the industrial valleys of South Wales until Gwenallt wrote the novel Ffwrneisiau (published posthumously in 1982).
A quote from the book, ”Cadw dy blydi chips!” (Welsh
for "Keep your bloody chips!"), is probably the first time that a swear word appeared anywhere in modern Welsh literature
.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by T. Rowland Hughes, written in 1944.
It tells of the story of a quarryman in Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
who decides to leave his community to look for work in the coal mines of South Wales
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
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It describes the tough lives of the quarrymen at the beginning of the twentieth century, and furthermore it is the only Welsh novel which illustrated life in the industrial valleys of South Wales until Gwenallt wrote the novel Ffwrneisiau (published posthumously in 1982).
A quote from the book, ”Cadw dy blydi chips!” (Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
for "Keep your bloody chips!"), is probably the first time that a swear word appeared anywhere in modern Welsh literature
Literature of Wales (Welsh language)
After literature written in the classical languages literature in the Welsh language is the oldest surviving literature in Europe. The Welsh literary tradition stretches from the 6th century to the twenty-first. Its fortunes have fluctuated over the centuries, in line with those of the Welsh...
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