Wild Wales

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography, Memoirs

Authors: George Borrow In Year : 1906

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Wild Wales

Introductory
Chapter 1: Proposed Excursion
Chapter 2: The Start, Peterborough, Birmingham
Chapter 3: Chester
Chapter 4: Chester, Camp-meeting
Chapter 5: Chester, Book-Stall, Wrexham
Chapter 6: Llangollen, the Dee
Chapter 7: Llangollen, Lodgings
Chapter 8: The Robber’s Leap
Chapter 9: Llangollen, Pengwern
Chapter 10: The Berwyn
Chapter 11: Pont Fadog
Chapter 12: Pont y Cysswllt
Chapter 13: Llangollen, the Abbey of the Vale of the Cross
Chapter 14: Expedition to Ruthyn, the Column
Chapter 15: The Turf Tavern, Ruthyn
Chapter 16: Return from Ruthyn, Agricola’s Hill
Chapter 17: Llangollen, Plas Newydd, Llyn Ceiriog
Chapter 18: Llangollen, the Parish Clerk
Chapter 19: Llangollen, the Vicar, the Pool of Catherine Lingo, Robber’s Leap
Chapter 20: The Valley of Ceiriog, Huw Morris’s Chair, Pont y Meibion
Chapter 21: Pandy Teirw
Chapter 22: Llangollen Fair
Chapter 23: Pont y Pandy, Glendower’s Mount, Corwen
Chapter 24: The Rock of Heroes, the Italian at the Inn
Chapter 25: On the way to Bangor, the Irishman
Chapter 26: Pentre Voelas, the Conway, Swallow Falls, Capel Curig
Chapter 27: Bangor
Chapter 28: Menai bridges
Chapter 29: Snowdon, the Wyddfa
Chapter 30: Gronwy Owen
Chapter 31: Anglesea, Pentraeth Coch
Chapter 32: Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, the Birthplace of Gronwy Owen
Chapter 33: The Inn at Pentraeth Coch
Chapter 34: Conversation at the Inn
Chapter 35: A Brilliant Morning
Chapter 36: Leaving Pentraeth Coch, Penmynnydd, Tomb of Owen Tudor
Chapter 37: Dyffryn Gaint
Chapter 38: The Inn at L--
Chapter 39: Bound for Holy Head
Chapter 40: Caer Gybi
Chapter 41: The Pier
Chapter 42: Town of Holy Head, Pen Caer Gybi
Chapter 43: Bangor, Port Dyn Norwig, Caernarvon
Chapter 44: Pont Bettws, Llyn Cwellyn
Chapter 45: Inn at Bethgelert
Chapter 46: The Valley of Gelert
Chapter 47: Tan y Bwlch, Festiniog
Chapter 48: Mynydd Mawr and Mynydd Bach, Tref y Talcot
Chapter 49: Bala
Chapter 50: The Tomen Bala
Chapter 51: Back at Llangollen
Chapter 52: Llangollen, Attempted Murder
Chapter 53: Pen y Coed
Chapter 54: Chirk
Chapter 55: Llangollen, Some of the Inhabitants
Chapter 56: Llangollen, News of the Fall of Sebastopol
Chapter 57: Pentré y Dwr
Chapter 58: Sunday at Llangollen
Chapter 59: Llangollen, History of Twm O’r Nant
Chapter 60: Twm O’r Nant, his Interludes
Chapter 61: Walk to Wrexham, Methodistical Volume
Chapter 62: Rhiwabon Road
Chapter 63: Last Night at Llangollen
Chapter 64: Departure for South Wales
Chapter 65: Inn at Llan Rhyadr
Chapter 66: Sycharth
Chapter 67: Llan Silin
Chapter 68: Llan Silin Church, Tomb of Huw Morris
Chapter 69: Church of Llan Rhyadr
Chapter 70: Rhyadr, Mountain Scenery
Chapter 71: Wild Moors, Arrival at Bala
Chapter 72: Bala, The White Lion
Chapter 73: Llyn Tegid
Chapter 74: Bala to Dinas Mawddwy
Chapter 75: Inn at Mallwydd
Chapter 76: Mallwydd and its Church, Cemmaes
Chapter 77: The Vale of Dyfi
Chapter 78: Machynlleth
Chapter 79: Machynlleth, Historic Events
Chapter 80: Machynlleth to Esgyrn Hirion
Chapter 81: The Mining Compting Room
Chapter 82: Inn at Pont Erwyd
Chapter 83: Conversation at the inn and on the way to the Devil’s Bridge
Chapter 84: The Devil’s Bridge
Chapter 85: Dinner at the Hospice
Chapter 86: Dafydd Ab Gwilym
Chapter 87: Start for Plynlimmon
Chapter 88: Plynlimmon, and back to the Devil’s Bridge
Chapter 89: Hafod
Chapter 90: Spytty Ystwyth
Chapter 91: Strata Florida, burial-place of Dafydd Ab Gwilym
Chapter 92: Rhyd Fendigaid to Tregaron
Chapter 93: Tregaron Church
Chapter 94: Llan Ddewi Brefi
Chapter 95: Lampeter to the Bridge of Twrch
Chapter 96: Llandovery
Chapter 97: Llandovery Church
Chapter 98: Llandovery to Gutter Vawr
Chapter 99: Inn at Gutter Vawr
Chapter 100: Gutter Vawr to Swansea
Chapter 101: Swansea
Chapter 102: Swansea to Neath
Chapter 103: Town of Neath, the Glowing Mountain
Chapter 104: Merthyr Tydvil
Chapter 105: Start for Caerfili
Chapter 106: Pen y Glas to Caerfili
Chapter 107: Caerfili
Chapter 108: Town of Newport
Chapter 109: Arrival at Chepstow

Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862 and now a classic travel text on Wales and the Welsh. The book recounts Borrow's experiences, insights and personal encounters whilst touring Wales alone on foot after a family holiday in Llangollen in 1854. Although contemporary critics dismissed its whimsical tone, it quickly became popular with readers as a travel book and more importantly as a very lively account of the literary, social and geographical history of Wales. Borrow’s engaging character comes across especially in his meetings with various itinerants – mostly native and peasant – along the muddy Welsh path. Borrow’s keen ear for dialogue may remind us of a Dickens or Trollope, and like the latter his wit and wisdom are rarely absent. Indeed the author has been described as an "eccentric, larger-than-life, jovial man whose laughter rings all through the book". Borrow makes much of his self-taught Welsh and how surprised the natives are by his linguistic abilities – and also by his idiosyncratic pronunciation of their language. He loves to air his knowledge of Welsh culture, especially the Bardic tradition. And like his contemporary, William Wordsworth, he has a habit of quoting verses to the heavens as he walks. As the author finally reaches South Wales towards the end of his account, we meet for the first time evidences of modern industrialism, introduced to the reader in the form of a Dante’s Inferno of coal mines and iron foundries. Today, most will remember and value the book for these and other vivid nineteenth-century landscapes – along with Borrow’s gallery of fascinating, human characters. (SUMMARY BY STEVE GOUGH BASED ON WIKIPEDIA)