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Young Emma (Library of Wales)
W. H. Davies
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Description for Young Emma (Library of Wales)
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At the age of fifty, towards the end of the First World War, W. H. Davies decided that he must marry. Spurning London society and the literary circles where he had been lionised since the publication of his Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, he set about looking for the right partner on the streets of London. Young Emma is a moving and revealing memoir told with disarming honesty and humour. Davies records his life with three women: from his affair with Bella, the wife of a Sergeant Major, to his year-long liaison with the gentle Louise, to the turbulent brushes with ... Read more
At the age of fifty, towards the end of the First World War, W. H. Davies decided that he must marry. Spurning London society and the literary circles where he had been lionised since the publication of his Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, he set about looking for the right partner on the streets of London. Young Emma is a moving and revealing memoir told with disarming honesty and humour. Davies records his life with three women: from his affair with Bella, the wife of a Sergeant Major, to his year-long liaison with the gentle Louise, to the turbulent brushes with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Library of Wales
Condition
New
Weight
180g
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910409459
SKU
V9781910409459
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About W. H. Davies
W. H. Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet and writer who spent a significant part of his life as a vagabond in the United Kingdom and United States. He began publishing his own poetry in 1905 and became a popular poet in his time, mixing with leading figures of society.
Reviews for Young Emma (Library of Wales)
"Young Emma is a masterpiece, and stranger than any fiction" Sunday Telegraph "Classic... remarkable... an extraordinary manuscript" The Observer "An extraordinary memoir destined to become a classic" Publishers Weekly