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Selected Stories

by Caradoc Evans, John Harris
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Overview

Beneath the respectable of Wales, with its patriarchal religion, Caradoc's stories exposed greed and corruption, domestic and sexual violence. "My Neighbours" (1920) focused on the London-Welsh business world with its equation of godliness with piety and worldly success. Besides drama and irony, his later work catches the spirit of folk tale. His language is an blend of Bible phrasing and literal renderings from the Welsh, producing an English strange on the tongue, and precisely embodying his imaginative world.

This collection gathers work from all periods, including "Capel Sion" and "My Neighbours", long out of print.

Synopsis

Beneath the respectable of Wales, with its patriarchal religion, Caradoc's stories exposed greed and corruption, domestic and sexual violence. "My Neighbours" (1920) focused on the London-Welsh business world with its equation of godliness with piety and worldly success. Besides drama and irony, his later work catches the spirit of folk tale. His language is an blend of Bible phrasing and literal renderings from the Welsh, producing an English strange on the tongue, and precisely embodying his imaginative world.

This collection gathers work from all periods, including "Capel Sion" and "My Neighbours", long out of print.

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Book Details

Published
April 1, 1993
Publisher
Carcanet Press, Limited
Pages
220
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780856359378

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