File NLW MS 22410C - Draft novel, &c.

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NLW MS 22410C

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Draft novel, &c.

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  • 1933-[c. 1944] (Creation)

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i, 212 ff. (many blank leaves) ; 235 x 190 mm. and less.

School notebook and exercise books, guarded and filed.

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Notebooks of Idris Davies, 1933-[c. 1944], comprising 'Short Story Subjects' (ff. 1-4); a draft poem (f. 17); fragments of a draft novel about a coal miner's life in the form of a diary (ff. 34-98); two drafts of the beginning of a novel or short story about a miner (ff. 103-11); a work entitled 'The Tales of Lewsin Slant' (ff. 116-33); further memories of Idris Davies's early days as a miner (ff. 151-68 verso); notes on writing (ff. 171-5, draft poem on f. 174 verso), psychology and sex (ff. 179-81); and an autobiographical memoir entitled 'Keats and After' (ff. 187-211 verso).

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  • English

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English.

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For Davies's account of early days as a miner see also NLW MS 22409C.

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For 'The Tales of Lewsin Slant' see Islwyn Jenkins, Idris Davies of Rhymney (Llandysul, 1986), p. 168.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22410C.

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vtls004271899

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(WlAbNL)0000271899

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  • English

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  • Text: NLW MS 22410C.