Wild Wales: The People, Language, & Scenery
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2011-10-08 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #37665 |
Description
"Wild Wales: The People, Language, & Scenery" by George Borrow is a travel book published in 1862. It chronicles Borrow's solitary walking tour through Wales in 1854, documenting his encounters with Welsh people and their reactions to his self-taught Welsh language skills. The narrative follows his journey from North Wales through Mid Wales to the industrial South, offering a sympathetic Victorian-era portrait of Welsh society, geography, and culture through the eyes of an eccentric English traveler. (This is an automatically generated summary.)