Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Ernest Rhys (; July 17, 1859 - May 25, 1946) was a Welsh-English writer, best known for his role as founding editor of the Everyman Library series of affordable classics. He wrote essays, short stories, poetry, novels, and plays. Rhys was born in Islington in North London, the son of John Rees (his spelling) and his English wife Emma Percival de Hockerill. Soon after, her father settled in the wine and spirits trade, working for Walter Gilbey at a location in Nott Square, Carmarthen, where before marriage he had been training for the ministry. The family was in Carmarthen for several years and had a Welsh-speaking maid. In 1865 John Rees was transferred to another Gilbey store in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. After home schooling with a governess, Rhys spent two years at Bishop's Stortford Grammar School as a guest, remaining in poor health. He then attended a Newcastle school run by a German teacher, acquiring some German and French. He then spent a period of rest working in his father's office. In 1876 he took an apprenticeship as a mining engineer, or "coal spectator". Against his father's wishes, Rhys did not apply to Oxford University. Rhys worked during his apprenticeship in the Durham Coal Field. He passed his mining engineer exam.
