Do Miners Read Dickens?: Origins and Progress of the South Wales Miners' Library, 1973-2013
- ISBN-10
- 1909844446
- ISBN-13
- 9781909844445
- Category
- Coal miners
- Pages
- 135
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Authors
- Hywel Francis, Sian Williams
Description
Wrth bori yn silffoedd Llyfrgell Glowyr De Cymru yn 1983, mae dau Athro Prifysgol yn holi: 'Ydy glowyr yn darllen gwaith Charles Dickens? Mae'r gyfrol hon yn ceisio ateb y cwestiwn hwnnw. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
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