
How Green Was My Valley
by Richard Llewellyn
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfamilyslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcoming of ageempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA moving novel that is heavy, grounded and original. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
This is a story set in a south Wales coal mining valley and tells of a family striving to improve their lives through hard work, education and their non-conformist faith. The main character is the youngest son, Huw Morgan and his life's journey through the difficulties associated with the mining industry and the awful risks involved in deep coal mining in the mid nineteenth century.
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- Author
- Richard Llewellyn
- Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 495
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- Open Library
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