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Richard Llewellyn

Born

in Hendon, The United Kingdom

December 08, 1906

Died

November 30, 1983

Genre

Historical Fiction

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Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard Dafydd 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 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, he ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 19,573 ratings · 2,031 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating — 19,134 ratings — published 1939 — 222 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up into the Singing Mountain 3.48 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1960 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green, Green My Valley Now 3.59 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1975 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down Where the Moon is Small 3.63 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1970 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	None But the Lonely Heart 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1967 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Horse to Banbury Cross 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of the Rug 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Few Flowers for Shiner 2.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1950 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witch of Merthyn 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1954 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Man In A Mirror really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1960 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“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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“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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“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

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Polls

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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (2003) 537 pages

26 votes, 22.0%

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (1980) 219 pages

25 votes, 21.2%

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn (1939) 448 pages

19 votes, 16.1%

Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett (1951) 127 pages

18 votes, 15.3%

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. (1978) 279 pages

17 votes, 14.4%

Random Harvest by James Hilton (1941) 326 pages

7 votes, 5.9%

In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor (1961) 259 pages

6 votes, 5.1%

118 total votes

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