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Dorothy Edwards

Born

in Ogmore Vale, Wales, The United Kingdom

August 18, 1903

Died

January 06, 1934

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Dorothy Edwards (18 August 1903 – 6 January 1934), was a Welsh novelist of the early 20th century.

Edwards was from Ogmore Vale in South Wales. She was educated at Howell's School for girls in Llandaff and at Cardiff University. She was politically active, working for socialist and Welsh nationalist causes, but wrote in English. She was also a talented amateur singer. On 6 January 1934 she threw herself in front of a train near Caerphilly railway station. She left a suicide note stating: "I am killing myself because I have never sincerely loved any human being all my life. I have accepted kindness and friendship and even love without gratitude, and given nothing in return."

Edwards wrote a short story, "The Conquered," which was included in A ...more

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	Winter Sonata 3.25 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1928 — 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
	Rhapsody by Dorothy Edwards, Christopher Meredith (Foreword) 4.08 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1927 — 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 View Across the Valley: Short Stories by Women from Wales, 1850 - 1950 by Jane Aaron (Editor), Anne Beale, Brenda Chamberlain 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1999 — 2 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
	Rhapsody 3.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1927 — 3 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 Green Bridge: Stories from Wales by John Davies (Editor), Dannie Abse, Glenda Beagan 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1988 — 3 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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“Are you very fond of music?' I asked.
'Oh yes,' said Antonia. 'My father played the violin in an orchestra. He played very well, but he was without ambition.'
'And you are not without ambition?' I remarked.
'I do not know,' said she. 'Teaching is very tiring to the temperament.”
― Dorothy Edwards, Rhapsody

tags: ambition, teaching

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