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51		<p>‘I still remember that thrill of excitement… on reading <em>Boundary Fence</em> for the first time.’
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53<p>Two neighbouring farmers of opposite temperaments fall into lifelong enmity over the state of the fence that divides their land. Filled with a countryman’s eye for natural details, and a countryman’s tolerance of human foibles, R. Dewi Williams’ seminal short story, first published in Welsh in 1911, appears in the author’s translation of 1915.</p>
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