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Dylan Thomas

    October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953

    Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet who wrote in English and is regarded as one of the 20th century's most influential poets. Beyond poetry, Thomas penned short stories and scripts for film and radio, often performing the latter himself. His public readings, particularly in America, earned him great acclaim, his booming voice becoming almost as famous as his works. Thomas is celebrated for his masterful craftsmanship and lyrical style, often exploring themes of love, loss, and the passage of time.

    Dylan Thomas
    Selected Poems 1934-1953
    Cerys Matthews' Under Milk Wood
    Dylan Thomas: The Complete Screenplays
    The Poems of Dylan Thomas
    A Child's Christmas In Wales Illustrated Edition
    Dylan Thomas: The Collected Letters Volume 1
    • The highlight of this complete edition of poems is a CD containing vintage recordings of Thomas reading eight of his works in his famous "Welsh-singing" style.

      The Poems of Dylan Thomas
    • Dylan Thomas: The Complete Screenplays

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      Focusing on Dylan Thomas's role as a film writer, this collection presents his complete screenplays, providing insight into his creative process and the cultural context of his era. It captures the essence of his artistic vision and the evolution of his work in the film industry, offering a unique perspective on his life and contributions beyond poetry.

      Dylan Thomas: The Complete Screenplays
    • In this enchanting illustrated adaptation, Cerys Matthews brings Dylan Thomas's beloved classic to new life. This is a bedtime story like no other; a book to be treasured by many generations; a book for babies and old men alike, for all that are young at heart

      Cerys Matthews' Under Milk Wood
    • Selected Poems 1934-1953

      • 130 pages
      • 5 hours of reading
      4.2(15)Add rating

      A collection of poems that aims to celebrate both inner and outer landscapes in the face of motality and decay, human weakness and shortcomings.

      Selected Poems 1934-1953
    • Collected Poems Of Dylan Thomas 1934-1952 (New Directions Book)This attractive gift edition of COLLECTED POEMS 1934-53 includes work from DylanThomas's five published volumes of poetry:18 POEMS,TWENTY FIVE POEMS,THE MAP OF LOVE,DEATH AND ENTRANCES and IN COUNTRY SLEEP.Dylan Thomas's poems gambol and frisk across the tongue and imagination like those of few poets I have ever read. His choicely crafted (and often synaesthetic) phrases, his musicality, and his laughingly lilting language are nicely captured by the first two stanzas of Fern Hill--read it aloud for full effect: Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of his eyes, And honored among wagons I was prince of the apple towns, And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves Trail with daisies and barley

      The Collected Poems
    • The enduring holiday classic, lavishly illustrated by multiple Caldecott Medalist Trina Schart Hyman, is now available in a gift edition for a new generation of readers. This nostalgic recollection of Christmas past by celebrated Welsh poet Dylan Thomas evokes the beauty and tradition of the season at every turn: the warmth of a family gathering; the loveliness of a mistletoe-decked home; the predictability of cats by the fire; the mischief and fun of children left to their own devices; and the sheer delight of gifts--be they Useful or Useless. Readers will cherish this beautiful hardcover edition of the classic A Child's Christmas in Wales complete with gold-foil stars, a debossed, glossy front picture, and sparkling snowflakes. Once inside, readers are rewarded with stunning, midnight-blue endpapers sprinkled with a flurry of more snowflakes. This book is a must-have gift for the season. Brilliantly illustrated by Caldecott medalist Trina Schart Hyman with a combination of more than 40 full-color and sepia-toned images, this beautiful edition of Thomas's beloved classic will enchant readers of all ages, year after year. An ALA Notable Book.

      A Child's Christmas in Wales: Gift Edition
    • Here we are nibbling away all day and night, Mrs Dacey. Nibble nibble. No sense, no order, no nothing, we're all mad and nasty.Samuel Bennett leaves his home in South Wales to pursue a career in London. Setting out with an attitude of reckless, nihilistic purpose, he encounters a nightmarish city with an assortment of bizarre characters and an embarrassing first sexual experience. Join Samuel as he meanders through this dreamlike world, all with a beer bottle stuck on his little finger.Dylan Thomas's gloriously surreal coming-of-age and unfinished novel is given new life by acclaimed writer Lucy Gough.Originally premiered in Wales in 2014, the adaptation was then performed in both Sydney and Melbourne, Australia in 2015. It is published here in Methuen Drama's Plays for Young People series, pitched at ages 16-18. It features an introduction by Sam Mackie, Head of Drama in the English Faculty at The Peninsula School, Victoria.

      Adventures in the Skin Trade
    • The Dylan Thomas Omnibus

      Under Milk Wood, Poems, Stories and Broadcasts

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.2(232)Add rating

      'In the beginning was the three-pointed star, One smile of light across the empty face; One bough of bone across the rooting air, The substance forked that marrowed the first sun; And, burning cophers on the round of space, Heaven and hell mixed as they spun.' This is a rich collection of Dylan Thomas's best-loved poems and stories, as well as pieces he wrote for radio and magazines. The selection spans Thomas's writing lifetime, and it shows the full range of this tempestuous and meticulous artist who once cheerfully claimed that he had beast, angel and madman within him.

      The Dylan Thomas Omnibus