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Agorodd ffenestr ei henaid iddo, a dangosodd beth o’r trysor ysblennydd oedd yno, heb yn wybod i neb ond iddi hi ei hun, ac heb ei bod hithau hefyd, o ran hynny, yn gwybod fod ynddo ddim oedd mor brin a rhyfeddol.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe young minister Merfyn Owen has just moved to a new area when a chance meeting turns his world upside down: the beautiful Irish girl Lona O'Neil, who lives on the fringes of the community and is even suspected of magic. But as their romance swiftly blossoms, what will the implications be for Merfyn's position in the community - and what is her family's mysterious link with Merfyn's own murky past?  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by W. B. Yeats' \u003cem\u003eKathleen ni Houlihan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLona \u003c\/em\u003ewas T. Gwynn Jones' favourite of his own novels and appears here for the first time in over a century. 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Menawhile, he meets the beautiful Einir Wyn, who has sworn a vow to regain the lands stolen from her father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho is Madam Wen? Woman or apparition? Thief, or heroine? A real woman of flesh and blood, or nothing but a whisper lost on the sound of the waves...?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. D. Owen's novel has it all:  highwaymen, mystery, sword-fights, smugglers, disguises, Jacobites, pirates and plenty of romance: it is the greatest adventure novel of its age in Welsh and in Madam Wen features one of the most likeable heroines in Welsh literature. This new edition, the first in 99 years, introduces the adventure to a new generation, in modern Welsh orthography. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Mr. Owen provides us with a good yarn, for which, in this all too sombre world, we owe him thanks. 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Slaves dienaid a \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003edi-ynni yr ydw i yn ’u galw nhw, yn diodde y pla yma ers oesoedd. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMi fyddaf yn synnu na fasen ni ers talwm wedi codi fel un gŵr i ymlid \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ey lot ddiog hyn oddi ar ein porfeydd! Maent yn casáu ein hiaith, ac \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewedi gneud eu gorau i’n cael dan draed y Saeson, ac ar yr un pryd \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ey maent yn bwyta braster ein gwlad a chynnyrch ein tiroedd\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e—a ninnau a’n llaw wrth ein het iddynt am neud hynny!”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Owen was the most important prose writer of his age in Welsh. 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The Wars of the Roses have divided Britain. Those Welshmen who cross the border to England are treated as second-class citizens, suffering under laws which as unjust, arbitrary and cruel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eWhen renowned poet Lewys Glyn Cothi is punished for marrying an Englishwoman, he seeks assistance from Welsh nobleman Rheinallt ap Gruffydd, to exact his revenge... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eIsaac Foulkes (1836-1904) was one of the extremely productive literary figures of Victorian Wales: he was the founder of \u003cem\u003eY Cymro \u003c\/em\u003eand Ceiriog and Daniel Owen's biographer (and erstwhile editor), and published innumerable books. Among them was \u003cem\u003eRheinallt ap Gruffydd\u003c\/em\u003e, an early example in Welsh of the popular genre of Historical Romance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 116 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53007186329932,"sku":"MB0044","price":1.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237451.jpg?v=1753715202"},{"product_id":"bronwen","title":"Bronwen (Beriah Gwynfe Evans)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“Ond eto un gair. A ydyw y telerau hyn yr wyt ti er dy anrhydedd, Syr Frenin, yn caniatáu i ni, yn gyfyngedig i ni ein chwech, neu ynte, a awdurdodir ni i’w cludo ar flaenau ein gwaywffyn, yn ôl i’n gwersyll, ac yno i’w cyhoeddi yng wyneb haul, llygad goleuni, i bob Cymro yn ddieithriaid?” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“Gydag ond un eithriad,” ebe’r brenin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“A’r un hwnnw?” gofynnai y Marchog. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e“GLYNDŴR!” oedd yr ateb... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eThe Berwyn mountains, 1400. The fiendish knight Sir Philip Marglee has been sent by his master, de Grey, to take posession of a piece of his land belonging to his neighbour. Little does anyone suspect that this skirmish will turn into a rebellion that engulfs the whole country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eBeriah Gwynfe Evans (1848-1927) was one of the most productive literary figures of his age in Wales. He wrote a number of novels in Welsh and English, many of which portray events and periods in Welsh history in a deliberate attempt to produce a Welsh version of the Scottish historical novels of Walter Scott. \u003cem\u003eBronwen,\u003c\/em\u003e subtitled 'a historical legend of Owain Glyndŵr', was his first novel and exists in both Welsh and English versions; this is the Welsh version. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003ePaperback, 316pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53007308554572,"sku":"MB0046","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237536.jpg?v=1753716127"},{"product_id":"cathl-ir-eos-a-cherddi-eraill-alun","title":"Cathl i'r Eos a Cherddi Eraill (Alun)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Er dichon fod ei chalon wan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eYn delwi dan y dulid, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNi chwyna, i flino'i hannwyl rai,-\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEi gwên a guddia'i gofid:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNi pheidia'i chân trwy ddunos faith,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eNes gweled gobaith golau\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eYn t'wynnu, megis llygad aur,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrwy bur amrantau'r bore.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlun, to use the bardic name of Mold native John Blackwell (1797-1840), was one of the most successful and popular Welsh poets of the first part of the nineteenth century. Although comparatively little of his poetry has survived, he is considered an important link in the development of the Welsh lyrical tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection of his poetry contains the vast majority of the poems which can knowingly be attributed to Alun, including the \u003cem\u003eawdlau \u003c\/em\u003ethat won him numerous Eisteddfod chairs in the 1820s, a number of \u003cem\u003eenglynion, \u003c\/em\u003eas well as those poems in the free metres on which his reputaiton rests. With an introduction by renowned academic Robert Rhys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNB UK Customers\u003c\/strong\u003e: This book is printed on demand, orders including this item will take a few extra days to arrive. 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Ma'n dwym 'eddi'.\" \u003cbr\u003e\"Y?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hoil twym?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Ydi, wir.\" Hyderai William Jones iddo roi'r ateb cywir.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFed up at last of life with his lazy and unaffectionate wife Leusa, the gentle quarryman William Jones flees North Wales to the 'Sowth' to live with his sister Mary in Bryn Glo in the South Wales Valleys. But the depression is still in full swing, and most of the valley is unemployed. Yet though he might not find employment, William Jones finds many other things which are more important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA social comedy with serious themes of belonging and responsibility, \u003cem\u003eWilliam Jones \u003c\/em\u003ewas T. Rowland Hughes's second novel and remains one of the most popular. Like all his works it draws on his own experiences, on this occasion as a man who grew up around the slate quarries of North-west Wales who moved to live in the Valleys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 346pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53398188589388,"sku":"MB0051","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237642_7776684b-2ab0-49f1-8f41-f2beb31da994.jpg?v=1758275741"},{"product_id":"tal-ar-ben-bodran-a-cherddi-eraill-talhaiarn","title":"Tal ar Ben Bodran a Cherddi Eraill (Talhaiarn)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Mae rhai yn brysur iawn yn casglu golud, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrwy lafur blin a chwys y corff a'r 'mennydd: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePentyrru llwyth o gyfoeth yw eu gwynfyd, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eGan ychwanegu stôr o'r môr a'r mynydd; \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eGofalu a phryderu drwy eu bywyd, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eYn ofni colled ac yn caru cynnydd; \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnd teimlant pan yn hen, a hurt, a charbwl, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMai gwagedd ac oferedd yw y cwbl.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Jones (1810-1869) took his bardic name, Talhaiarn, from the village in which he was born, Llanfair Talhaearn in historic Denbighshire (now a part of Conwy county borough). He was one of the most popular Welsh poets of the 19th century, but also one of the most controversial due to his extravagant lifestyle, his contrarian personality and his politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was a significant influence not only on his contemporaries but on the lyrical school of the early twentieth century. This selection of his poetry includes a number of his songs, which were his most famous works in his own day, but also his englynion, his translations of Burns and Byron, and the first complete publication in one volume of his major masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eTal ar Ben Bodran\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most striking literary works of the nineteenth century in Welsh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 246pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53398261825868,"sku":"MB0052","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237628_ab7afc4b-d53a-42f5-8757-0d1baa1d9fea.jpg?v=1792576205"},{"product_id":"caniadau-john-morris-jones","title":"Caniadau (John Morris-Jones)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"WordSection1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PreformattedText\" style=\"margin-left: 42.55pt; text-indent: -1.0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003e“Henaint ni ddaw ei hunan”;—daw ag och\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003e    Gydag ef, a chwynfan,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003eAc anhunedd maith weithian,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: CY;\"\u003eA huno maith yn y man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: -1cm; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAs a scholar and linguist, John Morris-Jones (1864-1929) is one of the most important figures of any period in Welsh literature and played a vital role in the renaissance in Welsh poetry at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: -1cm; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAlthough his own poetry is considered less important than his work in other fields, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\" style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaniadau\u003c\/i\u003e, the only volume of poems he published, was extremely influential in its day and a key part of his wider campaign to improve linguistic and poetic standards amongst his fellow Welsh. It includes famous lyrics like 'Cwyn y Gwynt' (the Wind's Complaint) as well as enlynion and awldau. He was also a skilled translator of poetry written in other languages, and this also forms an important part of \u003ci\u003eCaniadau\u003c\/i\u003e, incluyding ‘Verses by Omar Khayyâm’\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ea rare example of a translation into Welsh of a literary work written in a non-European language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 184pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56490003792204,"sku":"MB0053","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237710.jpg?v=1768396605"},{"product_id":"syniadau-ar-y-mor-gwenffrwd","title":"Syniadau ar y Môr (Gwenffrwd)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e“...pan hulio nos o gystudd \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eDros ein llwybrau cnawdol cu, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003ePan na fedd daear un llawenydd, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eTrown ein trem i’r nefoedd fry.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eA native of Flintshire in north-east Wales, the poet Gwenffrwd, the bardic name of Thomas Lloyd Jones (1810-1834), died in exile in Mobile, Alabama, from yellow fever aged just twenty three.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eHe published a total of fifty-one poems during his short life, which have been collected together for the first time in this volume. 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An innovator in the free metres and one of the first poets to write a sonnet in Welsh, he wanted to inspire a revolution in Welsh poetry. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 0.05pt; text-indent: 0cm; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eHis poems discuss timeless subjects such as the fleeting nature of life and the power of the human imagination, and they represent the vanguard of the lyrical tradition in Welsh poetry developed by later poets. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"CY\"\u003eThis volume is the first publication ever entirely devoted to his poetry.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 128 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56490054713676,"sku":"MB0054","price":1.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237734.jpg?v=1768397466"},{"product_id":"y-llaw-gudd","title":"Y Llaw Gudd (E. 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He featured in four adventures - one novel and three novellas - over a period of twenty-seven years, and this volume brings together the three shorter adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eY Llaw Gudd\u003c\/em\u003e ('The Hidden Hand', 1924) is a traditional murder mystery with a Welsh twist that sees Aubrey investigate the murder of a farmer in the Welsh countryside. \u003cem\u003eCeulan y Llyn Du\u003c\/em\u003e ('Black Lake Hollow', 1944) sees Aubrey tasked to investigate the sudden disappearance of a businessman only to be drawn into a plot seeking revenge; whilst in \u003cem\u003eLlofrudd yn y Chwarel\u003c\/em\u003e ('Murderer in the Quarry', 1951) he's on the trail of a dangerous fugitive. These three stories, reissued here for the first time since their original publications, were important contributions to crime literature in Welsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 234pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56951451124044,"sku":"MB0058","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237840.jpg?v=1773226816"},{"product_id":"dirgelwch-gallt-y-ffrwd","title":"Dirgelwch Gallt y Ffrwd (E. Morgan Humphreys)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAc yna daeth sŵn arall, sŵn gwyliadwrus, araf, sŵn y buasai'n hawdd i ddyn oedd heb fod yn gwrando fethu ei glywed... Yr oedd ffenestr y stydi yn agor yn araf. Ac yna, tra gwrandawai, clywai sŵn rhywun yn dyfod i mewn.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Daliwch eich dwylo i fyny!\" meddai Aubrey, yn uchel, gan daflu drws y stydi yn llydan agored â'i droed a goleuo'r fflachell fawr a ddaliai yn ei law chwith. 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Its author's longest and most ambitious novel, it was a milestone in crime and adventure fiction in Welsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 232pp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56951499981132,"sku":"MB0059","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/9781917237826.jpg?v=1773227050"},{"product_id":"marged-t-glynne-davies","title":"Marged (T. 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He made his most notable contribution as a writer of short stories, and within that field he is considered a pioneer who was a major impact on later writers. Though he led something of a peripatetic life as a journalist, he was originally from Rhosgadfan and he is inextricably associated with the slate-mining communities of Gwynedd in which he was raised, and which forms the background to his most famous stories,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollections of his stories were published in book form in 1914 and 1916 and added to in later volumes after his death. This new collection brings all these previously published stories together alongside four new ones which have not previously been available in book form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe was the first to look at the [the Short Story] seriously.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Kate Roberts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Welsh short story was never the same again after him. 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