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  <title><![CDATA[The Collected Stories]]></title>
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  <default_description>This unique edition presents the complete span of Thomas's short stories, from his urgent hallucinatory visions of the dark forces beneath the surface of Welsh life to the inimitable comedy of his later autobiographical writings. With PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG and ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE, Thomas found a new voice for his irreverent memories of lust and bravado in south-west Wales and London, leading to a sequence of classic evocations of childhood magic and the follies of adult life.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1983</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dylan Thomas]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hadn't read any Dylan Thomas prior to this story collection, but I have to say that he has become one of my favorites. Some of his stories are a bit image-heavy and tough to muddle through, but I found that when this happened, a Manhattan or two helped clear things up a bit. :-)<br/><br/>My favo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37409806">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It appears that I am in the small minority of people who just cannot get into Dylan Thomas.  I just couldn't connect with this one.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 30 07:31:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The collected stories by Dylan Thomas (1984)]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 24 11:04:43 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dark and moving.  Great collection.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thomas has a beautiful cadence to his prose and his descriptions are magnificently inovative. The time and a place and the people are conveyed with an emotional depth of understanding that few writers share. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA['A Prospect of the Sea' may well be one of the greatest short stories ever.  I feel like a bit of a cheat as this isn't the collection I read but I couldn't find that one anywhere on here.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great stories. I'm really into short stories at the moment, and these are among the best. Not so keen on the early obscure ones, but his childhood memories are supreme]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very intricate.  And dark -- almost gothic.  Another book I've owned for years and have never finished.  Maybe because it requires my full attention when I read it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I keep putting this down and picking it up again. However I don't know why I keep putting it down.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Child's Christmas in Wales is my favorite story from this collection.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This isn't the book I wanted.  hum.]]></body>
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