Library of Wales: Battle to the Weak

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Dyma nofel gyntaf Hilda Vaughan, ac fe'i hystyrir fel yr un orau o'i deg nofel. Y mae wedi'i gosod ar ddechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif, gyda chenhedlaeth newydd yn gwrthdaro â'r hen ffordd Gymreig o fyw. Cyhoeddwyd y nofel am y tro cyntaf yn 1925. Mae'r gyfrol hon hefyd yn cynnwys y stori fer, 'A Thing of Nought' a gyhoeddwyd yn wreiddiol yn 1934.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

In the first and, arguably, the finest of Hilda Vaughan's ten novels, the dawn of the twentieth century brings a new generation that clashes with the conservative traditionalism of an old Welsh way of life. The novel was originally published in 1925. This edition also includes her short story, 'A Thing of Nought', first published in 1934.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Hilda Vaughan lived from 1892 to 1985. She was educated privately but her experiences with the Women’s Land Army during WWI exposed her to a different side of life. Battle to the Weak, her first novel, was published in 1925. She is known for her acute ear and ability to capture the unique style of speech of the people of Radnorshire, as well as her insight into women’s daily lives.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

In rural Radnorshire, the start of the twentieth century brings a new generation that clashes with the conservative traditionalism of an old way of life. Rhys Lloyd, with his ideal of Social Darwinism, is a dangerous figure in the village but his love for church-going Esther Bevan is deeper-rooted still. Esther suffers the casual brutality of her agricultural upbringing with an inner strength which is sorely tested by the trials of love and the land in which she lives. And in the later short story A Thing of Nought , also published in this edition, Vaughan returns hauntingly to the theme of lovers parted by the world, here miraculously joined in another.