William Jones (novel)

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William Jones
1945 edition
AuthorT. Rowland Hughes
TranslatorRichard Ruck (Gwasg Aberystwyth edition, 1953)
LanguageWelsh
GenreNovel
PublisherGwasg Aberystwyth
Publication date
1944
Publication placeWales
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages268 pages

William Jones is a

quarryman in Gwynedd who decides to leave his community to look for work in the coal mines of South Wales
. It describes the tough lives of the quarrymen at the beginning of the twentieth century.

A quote from the book, ”Cadw dy blydi chips!” (

References

  1. ^ Mark Rees, The Little Book of Welsh Culture, The History Press, 2016, p.1987