
How Green Was My Valley
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Ralph Cosham
How Green Was My Valley is Richard Llewellyn’s best-selling - and timeless - classic, as well as the basis of a beloved film.
As Huw Morgan is about to leave home forever, he reminisces about the golden days of his youth when South Wales still prospered, when coal dust had not yet blackened the valley. Drawn simply and lovingly, with a crisp Welsh humor, Llewellyn’s characters fight, love, laugh, and cry, creating an indelible portrait of a people.
Richard Llewellyn (1906-1983), a Welsh novelist, was born in Hendon, England, in the county of Middlesex. Before World War II, he spent periods working in hotels, wrote a play, worked as a coal miner, and produced his best-known novel, How Green Was My Valley, as well as 19 other novels. After the war, he worked as a journalist, covering the Nuremberg Trials, and then as a screenwriter for MGM.
©1939 1940 by Richard Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd; renewed 1967 by Richard Llewellyn (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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May be The Best Book I have ever read
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I finally read the book I remember my Mom reading
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Strength in family and faith
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It's a truly wonderful story.
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One of the best books I’ve ever read.
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A Classic Well Done
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How Green Was My Valley
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Brilliant evocative writing; decent narration
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What did you love best about How Green Was My Valley?
I felt like I was glimpsing a lost world, honestly and lovingly portrayed. I could feel the changes - the loss, over the lifetime of the narrator, of a way of life as the lovely green valley was transformed into a slag heap and the young people were forced to moved away to find work. I could see the mountains and streams. I could hear the voices sing. I grew to know and care about the community and individuals in the story.Who was your favorite character and why?
The narrator portrayed his people in his family and others with loving stories so it is hard to pick, but perhaps it is the parents whom I appreciated the most. The father worked so hard so that his sons would have a better life. While some of his values were rigid, by today's standards, overall, he was ruled by reason and caring and retained his moral compass even when it wasn't convenient. The mother, though limited educationally, was very courageous and stood up for her husband and children at risk of her own life. I also really like the minister in town, who chose a life of helping people over material wealth.Which scene was your favorite?
So many great scenes it is hard to pick. One of the most vivid was the scene where the mother climbed the mountain at night to stand on a rock and admonished the mob about their evil tongues. Afterwards, on her way down, she takes a tumble and her young son saves her life, at great risk to himself - such courage!Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The entire sweep of the story was moving.Any additional comments?
While this story was written in 1939, it does not suffer from age. It is set at a period in time, but has something to teach us about our own time - universal themes.Lovely, Lyrical Story of a Lost Era
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