Cwmardy
| Author | Lewis Jones |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Welsh mining communities, labour struggles |
| Genre | Social realism, Proletarian literature |
| Publisher | Lawrence & Wishart |
Publication date | 1937 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-0-85315-468-6 |
| Followed by | We Live (1939) |
| Part of a series on |
| Socialism in the United Kingdom |
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Cwmardy is a 1937 novel by Welsh writer Lewis Jones, based on his experiences in the Rhondda mining community. Set in the fictional mining village of Cwmardy (Welsh for "valley of horses"), modelled on Jones's hometown of Clydach Vale, the novel chronicles the Lovely family across several generations and depicts major industrial disputes similar to the Cambrian Combine strike and Tonypandy riots.
Considered one of the most important works of Welsh industrial fiction, Cwmardy was followed by a sequel, We Live (1939).