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Richard Llewellyn

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born

December 08, 1906 in Hendon, The United Kingdom

died

November 30, 1983

gender

male

genre

Historical Fiction

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Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard David Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd) was a British novelist.

Llewellyn was born of Welsh parents in Hendon, north London in 1906. Only after his death was it discovered that his claim that he was born in St. Davids, West Wales was false, though of course he was of Welsh blood.

Several of his novels were dealt with a Welsh theme, the best-known being How Green Was My Valley (1939), which won international acclaim and was made into a classic Hollywood film. It immortalised the way of life of the South Wales Valleys coal mining communities, where Llewellyn spent a small amount of time with his grandfather. Three sequels followed.

He lived a peripatetic life, travelling widely throughout his life. Before World War II,...more

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Books by Richard Llewellyn

Average rating: 4.07 · 3,869 ratings · 428 reviews · 24 distinct works

	How Green Was My Valley 4.09 avg rating — 3,751 ratings — published 1940 — 34 editions	My rating:
	Up Into The Singing Mountain 3.37 avg rating — 46 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Green, Green My Valley Now 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Down Where The Moon Is Small 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	None But The Lonely Heart 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	My rating:
	Bride of Israel, my love 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	White horse to Banbury Cross 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1972	My rating:
	end of the rug 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Witch of Merthyn 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1954	My rating:
	The Night Is A Child 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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Quotes by Richard Llewellyn

“O, there is lovely to feel a book, a good book, firm in the hand, for its fatness holds rich promise, and you are hot inside to think of good hours to come.”
― Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley

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“I saw my father as a man, and not, as a man who was my father.”
― Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley

tags: father , son

11 people liked it

“How green was my valley then, and the valley of them that have gone.”
― Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley

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