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- ISBN 9781399637879
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'I wanted this to be a letter full of news, but there isn't any yet. It's just a letter full of what I think about you and me...'
Dylan Thomas's letters to the women in his life are among the most emotive, lyrical and beautiful ever to have been written. At various times cajoling, apologetic, tactical, affectionate and loving, the voice that leaps from these letters reveals Thomas at his most intimate and vulnerable.
This revealing collection includes letters to Pamela, Thomas's first love; Caitlin, his partner in a tempestuous yet enduring marriage; and the women of his well-documented affairs, like Elizabeth Reitell, the woman with him on the night he died. Full of humour, longing, heartbreak and uninhibited honesty, these letters were crafted, like so much of Thomas's poetry, to secure a place in his lover's heart and memory - as all true love letters should.
Originally published as THE LOVE LETTERS OF DYLAN THOMAS
Dylan Thomas, born in Swansea in 1914, is perhaps Wales' best-known writer, and celebrations throughout 2014 will mark the centenary of his birth. He is 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 favourites. 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, 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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