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Rebecca's Daughters

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dylan Thomas, Fritz Eichenberg (Illustrator)Publish date:1983-10-17Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811208840ISBN-10:811208842UPC:9780811208840Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.99 x 5.00 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCJ1A4AHZK
Rebecca's Daughters is the nearest Dylan Thomas ever came to realizing his ambition to write a film scenario in such a way that it would not only stand ready for shooting but would, at the same time, give the ordinary reader a visual impression of the film in words. A romantic adventure story set in mid-nineteenth-century Wales, Rebecca's Daughters has a dashing hero who is not what he seems; commonfolk oppressed by the landowners; and finally, justice triumphant over greed and misused privilege. Who is the mysterious "Rebecca" swathed in wide black skirts with a shawl drawn over his mouth and his eyes flashing from beneath the brim of his tall black hat as he exhorts his "daughters" to tear down the hated tollgates imposed by the gentry's Turnpike Trust? And where does the foppish Anthony Raine--just returned from a tour in India with the despised British army--stand? And how is the lovely Rhiannon to choose between them? This reissue of Thomas's delightful tale of derring-do has been illustrated with charm and verve by the celebrated wood engraver and graphic artist Fritz Eichenberg.
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811208840ISBN-10:811208842UPC:9780811208840Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:7.99 x 5.00 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCJ1A4AHZK
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Dylan Thomas, born in Swansea in 1914, is perhaps Wales' best-known writer, widely considered to be one of the major poets of the 20th century, and many of his greatest poems, such as 'Fern Hill' and 'Do not go gentle into that good night' remain among the nation's favorites. As well as poetry, Dylan Thomas wrote numerous short stories and scripts for film and radio - none more popular than his radio play UNDER MILK WOOD (ISBN 9780811229937), which is considered by many to be his masterpiece. He led a fascinating and tempestuous life, permeated by love affairs and reckless bouts of drinking, which led him to claim that he had beast, angel and madman within him. There have been several film adaptations of his fascinating life, which ended all too soon in 1953 when he collapsed and died in New York shortly after his 39th birthday. A memorial stone commemorating his life and work was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1982.

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Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

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