What is the author's style in How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn?

The story is narrated by Huw Morgan, the youngest member of the large Morgan family who lives in a small coal-mining village built along a seam of coal. Huw, now an elderly man, narrates the story vividly as though he were reliving it. It is written in first person and is all from Huw's memory of his life as a bright, observant and sensitive person.

Richard Llewllyn manages to help us learn the Welsh dialect while presenting a story written in perfect modern English. We are permitted to look in on the dialogue between people that contains affectionate terms of endearment, such as "my little one." Many fascinating word groups and unfamiliar expressions are used smoothly and in contexts that make them totally understandable by the reader.

Llewllyn tends to philosophize as he tells his story, which reminds us that he is looking back. Thus, although Huw Morgan is telling the story from memory, we are occasionally reminded that he is now an old man, but once his narrative starts up again, the reader is seamlessly lost in his story as though it were occurring in the present. Llewllyn's writing flows easily and beautifully, and is interspersed with description, dialogue, and a point of view that comes from Huw Morgan's vivid memories. The story's main characters are well-developed, and Llewllyn does not let us forget the innocence of their period of history.