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D.H. Lawrence

Born

in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

September 11, 1885

Died

March 02, 1930

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Travel

Influences

Otto Gross, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Sigmund Freud, ...more

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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 pilgrimage." At the time ...more

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Average rating: 3.58 · 302,983 ratings · 20,107 reviews · 2,084 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 137,327 ratings — published 1928 — 1263 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,715 ratings — published 1913 — 2366 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,436 ratings — published 1920 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,656 ratings — published 1915 — 1808 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rocking-Horse Winner 3.83 avg rating — 7,179 ratings — published 1926 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virgin and the Gipsy 3.43 avg rating — 3,862 ratings — published 1930 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fox 3.42 avg rating — 3,195 ratings — published 1923 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,896 ratings — published 1964 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odour of Chrysanthemums 3.67 avg rating — 1,768 ratings — published 1911 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plumed Serpent 3.30 avg rating — 1,778 ratings — published 1926 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by D.H. Lawrence (?)

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

tags: life, living, philosophy, women

4922 likes

“We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

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“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”
― D.H. Lawrence

tags: broken-heart, d-h-lawrence, love, pomegranate

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Polls

February 2017 New School Classic Poll

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, 374, 1928

48 votes, 19.1%

Beloved by Toni Morrison, 324 pgs, 1987

46 votes, 18.3%

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, 607 pgs, 1994

30 votes, 12.0%

I, Claudius by Robert Graves, 468 pgs, 1934

22 votes, 8.8%

The Cider House Rules by John Irving, 973 pgs, 1985

20 votes, 8.0%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 231 pgs, 1939

16 votes, 6.4%

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, 355 pgs, 1961

15 votes, 6.0%

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, 216 pgs, 1940

11 votes, 4.4%

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, 228 pgs, 1951

11 votes, 4.4%

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, 314 pgs, 1944

8 votes, 3.2%

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pgs, 1922

7 votes, 2.8%

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges, 174 pgs, 1944

7 votes, 2.8%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984

7 votes, 2.8%

Centennial by James A. Michener, 1056 pgs, 1974

3 votes, 1.2%

251 total votes

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