![]() We begin the first of several short chapters with ‘A Day’s Companion’ (Chapter XXIX) and Davies in full anecdotal flow, relating the tale of the old man and the blackberries, before moving on to Chapter XXX (‘The Fortune’) and a story of fellow tramp, James Macquire, who cunningly tricks the landlord of a beer-house into subsidising him generous sums of money before disappearing without trace. In last week’s overview we left Davies in a reflective mood, walking the outskirts of London, “sometimes making sixpence, and always less than a shilling a day”, with which he must purchase bed, food and “occasionally a couple of dozen laces.” He increasingly finds his ambulatory existence monotonous and longs to succeed as a writer. Here I summarize the final six chapters of our official Dewithon 19 book: The Autobiography of a Super-tramp by the Welsh poet and writer W.H. “I am now giving my experiences honestly and truthfully, and thought for thought, if not word for word, as they happened.” ( 23 ) A Brief Summation of Chapters 29-34 – From ‘A Day’s Companion’ to ‘A House to Let’.DaviesĭEWITHON WEEK 5: The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by W.H. Home › Reading Wales › DEWITHON WEEK 5: The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by W.H. ![]()
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