ABSTRACT
When the ambitious young Raymond Williams had homework to do, his parents discreetly went out for a long walk so that he could have the peace and quiet that was thought to be essential for him. Except for the perhaps inevitable blip in his second year as an undergraduate at Cambridge, Williams got down to his homework steadily and successfully throughout the rest of his life. The daily grind on the old typewriter was essentially the same. It did not matter whether he was teaching adults in Sussex, students back in Cambridge or holding a visiting professorship in the United States.
