D. H. Lawrence
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English
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Since its publication, in 1913, D.H. Lawrence's powerful and passionate third novel stands as one of the greatest autobiographical novels of the twentieth century. Here is the story of artist Paul Morel as a young man, his powerful relationship with his possessive mother, his passionate love affair with Miriam Leivers, his intense liaison with married Clara Dawes. Here, too, England's Derbyshire springs to life with both its sooty mining villages...
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Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, it is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchair bound husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that...
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Southern Illinois University Press
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[1966]
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English
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Lawrence's first novel is a compelling exploration of the interpersonal influences that cause unhappiness in relationships and is based on the lives of three individuals, the lively Lettie and George and Leslie.
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Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1992.
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English
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Written during the most flourishing period of D.H. Lawrence's career, 'The Plumed Serpent' is a novel of ritual and romance set in Mexico during the 1920s, a story both beautiful and strange. Kate Leslie, an Irishwoman, is at once repelled and fascinated by the spell of Mexico, homesick and yet unable to leave. With the ancient rites of the lost god Quetzalcoatl, she marries Don Cipriano, an Indian, and becomes wedded not only to him but also to a...
17) Sons & lovers
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Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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After the death of her oldest son, Gertrude Morel pours all of her love and frustrated ambition into her relationship with he youngest son, Paul. Struggling to find his own way in the world, Paul is torn between putting his mother's wishes before his own and finding happiness on his own terms..
18) Women in love
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[BBC]
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[2013]
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English
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Following the banning of his novel, The Rainbow, D.H. Lawrence shocked his audience yet again with Women in Love. Combining elements of both novels, this adaptation focuses on the lives of two sisters, Ursula & Gudrun Brangwen, as they struggle with their own loves, desires, passions and relationships with two friends, Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich. As Ursula & Birkin's friendship and love develops, Gudrun & Gerald's stormy and destructive relationship...