The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp - Softcover

Davies, William Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3863475208 ISBN 13: 9783863475208

Publisher: Severus Verlag, 2013

Synopsis

'What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?' (LEISURE BY W.H. DAVIES) Loneliness and criminality determined William Henry Davies' childhood and teenage-years. At the age of 22 he decided to leave Wales for America to chance his luck abroad. But getting there was not as easy as expected. At that point in time, he became a tramp. In his best-known work THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SUPER-TRAMP, Davies tells the story of his lifetime. He explains in a very intimate and touching way what it is like to grow up in Great Britain at the end of the 19th century. Furthermore, he describes how he felt during his vagabond life and what made him settle back in the UK. After all, Davies develops into the most popular poet of his time.

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Review:

'I have read it through from beginning to end, and would have read more of it had there been any more to read.' --George Bernard Shaw

'He found the people generous and the climate pleasant; he considers the United States an ideal place for tramps.' --The New York Times

About the Author:

W H Davies was born in 1871. He was unable to settle to regular work and spent a significant part of his life as a tramp, living in shelters and doss-houses in London, but began publishing his own poetry in 1905, and became a popular poet in his time and went on to mix with leading society figures. The principal themes in his work are the marvels of nature, observations about life's hardships, his own tramping adventures and the various characters he met. He is best known for his poem 'Leisure', with its opening lines 'What is this life if, full of care / We have no time to stand and stare'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Severus Verlag
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 3863475208
• ISBN 13: 9783863475208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316