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- [c. 1936] (Creation)
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94 ff. ; 260 x 160 mm.
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Two drafts of an incomplete autobiographical work by Idris Davies, [c. 1936], entitled 'Collier Boy' (ff. 1-53); an account of early experiences as a miner (ff. 54-77); a 'Plan For A Novel' set in Rhymney (f. 78 recto-verso); a fragment of a novel or short story (ff. 79-81); a dialogue between William Wordsworth and Greta Garbo (ff. 82-7); an account of the lying-in-state of George V (ff. 88-92); and a short piece looking forward to the publication of A. E. Housman, More Poems (London, 1936) (ff. 93-4).
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English.
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See Islwyn Jenkins, Idris Davies of Rhymney (Llandysul, 1986), pp. 45-50, where an apparently slightly different version of the early experiences as a miner is quoted.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22409C.
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- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 (Subject)
- Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990. (Subject)
- George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936 -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936. (Subject)
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- English