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Short Stories
For this Everyman volume Stephen Gill has gathered together a wide selection of the best and most representative of D.H. Lawrence's short stories. More easily accessible than most of the novels, the stories have a quality of total artistic realisation which is uniquely their own. Chronological presentation, roughly by date of original composition, suggests their changing nature throughout Lawrence's career.
The White Stocking
The Shadow in the Rose Garden
Odour of Chrysanthemums
Daughters of the Vicar
The Prussian Officer
The Horse Dealer's Daughter
The Blind Man
Tickets Please
You Touched Me
The Fox
Jimmy and the Desperate Woman
The Woman who Rode Away
In Love
The Escaped Cock
The White Stocking
The Shadow in the Rose Garden
Odour of Chrysanthemums
Daughters of the Vicar
The Prussian Officer
The Horse Dealer's Daughter
The Blind Man
Tickets Please
You Touched Me
The Fox
Jimmy and the Desperate Woman
The Woman who Rode Away
In Love
The Escaped Cock
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456 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1942
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D.H. Lawrence
2,084 books4,177 followersDavid 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 of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel. He is now generally valued as a visionary thinker and a significant representative of modernism in English literature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.H._Law...
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 of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel. He is now generally valued as a visionary thinker and a significant representative of modernism in English literature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.H._Law...
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April 26, 2020
you know I went through this book, wich beguiled my idle time.D.H Lawrence depicted a very melncholy life of minner who works equalising day & night. A very glimpses of that era can vividly be spected .
Some of stories are seemed to undifferentiated work which I sought myself being as if I were it's one of character.
Some of stories are seemed to undifferentiated work which I sought myself being as if I were it's one of character.
February 5, 2014
The White Stocking: I had a love/hate feeling towards it, I loved Teddy & I was annoyed by the attraction Mrs. Whiston had towards Sam Adams but at the same time I couldn't blame her for admiring such a man. In the end, it was good story.
The Shadow in the Rose Garden: Lawrence apparently liked to write about love dilemmas. In this story, the heroine is married and decides to return to her old village, she meets her old lover,tells her entire story to her husband and it ends with them being very distant from one another.
Odour of Chrysanthemums: this was a sad story, it begins with Elizabeth who was waiting for her husband to return from work. He's late (as usual),she becomes furious as she's sure that he's out there in some alehouse. Then at the end, she receives her husband as a body,he died while working. She didn't grieve him as she felt absolutely nothing towards him.
Daughters of the Vicar: Mr. Massy irritated me and what has irritated me even more was Mary marrying him. He's truly a revolting man as I see him. What surprised me was how quickly feelings developed between Miss Louisa & Alfred. I was a bit awestruck with how things turned out at the end.
The Prussian Officer: I didn't like it & I honestly found it meaningless.
The Horse Dealer's Daughter: the events progressed so quickly that the ending was almost a shock to me. I don't know why he prefers to make sudden romances.
The Blind Man: I was waiting for the scene where the wife would cheat on her husband with her best friend (male of course) but instead it ended with her blind husband touching her best friend (in a very non-sexual way) & the best friend feeling violated. Which totally made no sense whatsoever!
Tickets Please: Such a horrific ending! I never predicted that those sweet ladies would turn into such wild beasts!
You Touched Me: another fast progressing romance where hate turned into love because of a simple (non-sexual) touch.
The Fox: I don't know what to write about it. Honestly, even after I've finished reading it, I still felt confused. I don't know whether Henry really loved March or not & the same goes for March. Then, adding the fox which I felt like was a symbol of Henry,everything was very confusing. But,I didn't like the end,I felt like Henry wanted to control every little piece of March and March,well, she was sort of lost after Banford's death. Oh & I hated how Henry so viciously killed Banford in order to have March.
Jimmy & the Desperate Woman: I hate Jimmy because there's nothing worse than a man who only wants a submissive woman. Then,my hatred towards Jimmy increased when he was seeking to have Emily for himself while she was married to a very handsome (but unfortunately poor)man, just for the hell of succeeding over husband not because he loved her. And I hated how he felt at the end towards her after winning her.
The Woman Who Rode Away: I couldn't wait to finish it. There was such a mystery-like feel to it. I was glad when they sacrificed her at the end, because all she ever thought about was herself that she left her husband & children for this adventure. And while being surrounded by indians,all she ever thought about was why they never desired her.
In Love: never have I read such a confusing tale. It begins with Hester detesting her Joe (who was her best friend turned to fiancee) because he expressed his love to her by kissing & cuddling,then Joe confesses that he only did that as a sort of "that's what couples do". In the end, she feels like she's in love with him & that it's okay if he showed affection in a physical way.
The Escaped Cock: I grew sick from the amount of times he said "the man who died",WE GET IT ENOUGH ALREADY. It was a very strange tale that's why I felt like I had to finish it. I liked his philosophy "To rise above little men's life" but I hated that he left the woman of Isis after she was pregnant with his child,because he didn't want to go back to "the little life of jealousy & property". However, I enjoyed their brief affair.
Overall, it was a good book & I would probably recommend it to some people who have a knack for classical literature.
The Shadow in the Rose Garden: Lawrence apparently liked to write about love dilemmas. In this story, the heroine is married and decides to return to her old village, she meets her old lover,tells her entire story to her husband and it ends with them being very distant from one another.
Odour of Chrysanthemums: this was a sad story, it begins with Elizabeth who was waiting for her husband to return from work. He's late (as usual),she becomes furious as she's sure that he's out there in some alehouse. Then at the end, she receives her husband as a body,he died while working. She didn't grieve him as she felt absolutely nothing towards him.
Daughters of the Vicar: Mr. Massy irritated me and what has irritated me even more was Mary marrying him. He's truly a revolting man as I see him. What surprised me was how quickly feelings developed between Miss Louisa & Alfred. I was a bit awestruck with how things turned out at the end.
The Prussian Officer: I didn't like it & I honestly found it meaningless.
The Horse Dealer's Daughter: the events progressed so quickly that the ending was almost a shock to me. I don't know why he prefers to make sudden romances.
The Blind Man: I was waiting for the scene where the wife would cheat on her husband with her best friend (male of course) but instead it ended with her blind husband touching her best friend (in a very non-sexual way) & the best friend feeling violated. Which totally made no sense whatsoever!
Tickets Please: Such a horrific ending! I never predicted that those sweet ladies would turn into such wild beasts!
You Touched Me: another fast progressing romance where hate turned into love because of a simple (non-sexual) touch.
The Fox: I don't know what to write about it. Honestly, even after I've finished reading it, I still felt confused. I don't know whether Henry really loved March or not & the same goes for March. Then, adding the fox which I felt like was a symbol of Henry,everything was very confusing. But,I didn't like the end,I felt like Henry wanted to control every little piece of March and March,well, she was sort of lost after Banford's death. Oh & I hated how Henry so viciously killed Banford in order to have March.
Jimmy & the Desperate Woman: I hate Jimmy because there's nothing worse than a man who only wants a submissive woman. Then,my hatred towards Jimmy increased when he was seeking to have Emily for himself while she was married to a very handsome (but unfortunately poor)man, just for the hell of succeeding over husband not because he loved her. And I hated how he felt at the end towards her after winning her.
The Woman Who Rode Away: I couldn't wait to finish it. There was such a mystery-like feel to it. I was glad when they sacrificed her at the end, because all she ever thought about was herself that she left her husband & children for this adventure. And while being surrounded by indians,all she ever thought about was why they never desired her.
In Love: never have I read such a confusing tale. It begins with Hester detesting her Joe (who was her best friend turned to fiancee) because he expressed his love to her by kissing & cuddling,then Joe confesses that he only did that as a sort of "that's what couples do". In the end, she feels like she's in love with him & that it's okay if he showed affection in a physical way.
The Escaped Cock: I grew sick from the amount of times he said "the man who died",WE GET IT ENOUGH ALREADY. It was a very strange tale that's why I felt like I had to finish it. I liked his philosophy "To rise above little men's life" but I hated that he left the woman of Isis after she was pregnant with his child,because he didn't want to go back to "the little life of jealousy & property". However, I enjoyed their brief affair.
Overall, it was a good book & I would probably recommend it to some people who have a knack for classical literature.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 8, 2015
D.H. Lawrence:
The best thing about Lawrence is that he is able to create characters who are complete individuals. He can describe someone’s character by the mere look on his or her face, his walk, or in any way he chooses, really. The short stories usually centre on characters whose personalities pave the way for the narrative. If his characters weren’t the way there were, have not experienced life in such a way that has made them who they were, things would not turn out the way they do—this I commend and praise unmitigatedly. Second, but not at all last, he is a very accurate writer. As an aspiring writer myself I still have trouble trying to find the right words to express exactly what I mean, i.e. which synonym to use that would give the right vibe for the moment; Lawrence is phenomenal at choosing the right words. The imagery in his prose is pellucid: every sentence a brushstroke, each letter an index from a hair on the brush. Lawrence knew people; he knew how a person’s innermost thoughts affected his or her mannerisms and habits. I must say I’m glad I picked his collection of short stories to read.
1) The Rocking-horse Winner
2) The Princess
3) The Old Adam
4) Jimmy and the Desperate Woman
5) The Blind Man
6) Things
7) The Odour of Chrysanthemums
8) Strike-Pay
9) Smile
10) The Overtone
The best thing about Lawrence is that he is able to create characters who are complete individuals. He can describe someone’s character by the mere look on his or her face, his walk, or in any way he chooses, really. The short stories usually centre on characters whose personalities pave the way for the narrative. If his characters weren’t the way there were, have not experienced life in such a way that has made them who they were, things would not turn out the way they do—this I commend and praise unmitigatedly. Second, but not at all last, he is a very accurate writer. As an aspiring writer myself I still have trouble trying to find the right words to express exactly what I mean, i.e. which synonym to use that would give the right vibe for the moment; Lawrence is phenomenal at choosing the right words. The imagery in his prose is pellucid: every sentence a brushstroke, each letter an index from a hair on the brush. Lawrence knew people; he knew how a person’s innermost thoughts affected his or her mannerisms and habits. I must say I’m glad I picked his collection of short stories to read.
1) The Rocking-horse Winner
2) The Princess
3) The Old Adam
4) Jimmy and the Desperate Woman
5) The Blind Man
6) Things
7) The Odour of Chrysanthemums
8) Strike-Pay
9) Smile
10) The Overtone
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