How Green Was My Valley (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Dafydd (or David) Lloyd, V
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Wales
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Poverty or poor people, Sick persons, Strikes or lockouts, Wales or Welsh people, Coal or coal mining
- Locales: Wales
Characters Discussed
Gwilym Morgan (GWIH-luhm), a Welsh miner. At first sympathetic with union agitators, he is later opposed to strikers and quarrels with his sons over their views. As mine superintendent, he is disliked by many of the workers. He dies in the cave-in of a flooded mine.
Beth Morgan, his wife, whose life is saved by young Huw just before Angharad’s birth.
Huw (hew), their son and the narrator, who many years afterward sadly recalls the days of his childhood and young manhood. He remembers the strike troubles that divided the family, his illness...
[The entire page is 618 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
