Wild Wales: The People, Language, & Scenery

by George Borrow

"Wild Wales: The People, Language, & Scenery" by George Borrow is a travel book published in 1862. It chronicles Borrow's solitary walking tour through Wales in 1854, documenting his encounters with Welsh people and their reactions to his self-taught Welsh language skills. The narrative follows his journey from North Wales through Mid Wales to the industrial South, offering a sympathetic Victorian-era portrait of Welsh society, geography, and culture through the eyes of an eccentric English traveler.