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Llewelyn Powys's diary for 1903 is the first of nine journals he kept up to 1919 that are known to be extant. These diaries, some of which form the basis of works such as Skin for Skin and Love and Death, were, as Peter Foss writes, "the practical forging-ground for much of his later writing." The 1903 diary, which covers his last term at Sherborne School running from January to May, shows Llewelyn's formative attempts at a genre he was later to employ so successfully. It throws new light on his relations with family and friends, revealing his troubling awareness of "lust" and his intimate feelings for some of his school fellows. With its winning innocence and humour, the 1903 diary, published here in its entirety for the first time, characterizes the self-doubts and confusions that beset Llewelyn in this year of his late adolescence.
Dr Foss, historian, research consultant and the leading authority on the life and work of Llewelyn Powys, provides a judicious and informative Introduction.
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