D.H. Lawrence






D.H. Lawrence

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born
September 11, 1885

died
March 02, 1930

gender
male

place of birth
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, The United Kingdom

genre
Literature & Fiction


about this author

David Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English writer of the 20th century, whose prolific and diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, human sexuality and instinct.

Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimag...more




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Lady Chatterley's Lover Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.54 — 5,534 ratings — published 1928
143 editions
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Sons and Lovers Sons and Lovers
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.54 — 3,798 ratings — published 1913
156 editions
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Women in Love Women in Love
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.58 — 2,265 ratings — published 1920
98 editions
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The Rainbow The Rainbow
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.66 — 1,092 ratings — published 1961
52 editions
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The Rocking Horse Winner The Rocking Horse Winner
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 4.02 — 363 ratings — published 1966
6 editions
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Virgin and the Gypsy (Wordswor... Virgin and the Gypsy (Wordsworth Classics)
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.59 — 232 ratings — published 1976
21 editions
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Complete Poems of D. H. Lawren... Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 4.03 — 186 ratings — published 1964
6 editions
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Selected Short Stories of D.H.... Selected Short Stories of D.H. Lawrence
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.97 — 178 ratings — published 1971
9 editions
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The Plumed Serpent The Plumed Serpent
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.47 — 177 ratings — published 1955
46 editions
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The Fox The Fox
by D.H. Lawrence
avg rating 3.51 — 158 ratings — published 1923
22 editions
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"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot."
D.H. Lawrence
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"I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself."
D.H. Lawrence (Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence)
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"One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it, and the journey is always towards the other soul."
D.H. Lawrence
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