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The Best of D. H. Lawrence (Annotated)

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The Best of D. H. Lawrence gathers the essential range of a writer who brought unusual psychological intensity to modern English literature. Whether represented through fiction, poems, or essays, Lawrence's work is marked by sensuous description, symbolic landscapes, and an urgent examination of desire, class, nature, and industrial modernity. His prose stands at the threshold of modernism: less formally experimental than Joyce or Woolf, yet equally committed to exposing the hidden pressures beneath social convention. David Herbert Lawrence (1885–1930), born in the mining country of Nottinghamshire, drew deeply on the tensions of his upbringing: working-class industrial life, maternal influence, fragile health, and a restless search for emotional and spiritual freedom. His controversial treatment of sexuality and marriage was not mere provocation, but part of a larger rebellion against mechanized society and inherited moral codes. Exile, travel, censorship, and illness sharpened his vision of human beings estranged from instinct and the natural world. This volume is recommended to readers seeking a concentrated introduction to Lawrence's genius and contradictions. It offers both the lyrical power and unsettling force that made him indispensable, challenging readers to reconsider intimacy, freedom, and the costs of modern civilization. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions. - The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing. - A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation. - A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists. - A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths. - Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts. - Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.

Psychological Identity Family Nature & Wilderness Betrayal Forbidden Love

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GenreLiterary Classics

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1Introduction

296The Prophet

2Introduction

297Last Words to Miriam

3Author Biography

298Mystery

4Historical Context

299Patience

5Synopsis (Selection)

300Ballad of Another Ophelia

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6Novels

301Restlessness

7The White Peacock

302A Baby Asleep After Pain

8PART ONE

303Anxiety

9Chapter 1. The People of Nethermere

304The Punisher

10Chapter 2. Dangling the Apple

305The End

11Chapter 3. A Vendor of Visions

306The Bride

12Chapter 4. The Father

307The Virgin Mother

13Chapter 5. The Scent of Blood

308At the Window

14Chapter 6. The Education of George

309Drunk

15Chapter 7. Lettie Pulls Down the Small Gold Grapes

310Sorrow

16Chapter 8. The Riot of Christmas

311Dolor of Autumn

17Chapter 9. Lettie Comes of Age

312The Inheritance

18PART TWO

313Silence

19Chapter 1. Strange Blossoms and Strange New Budding

314Listening

20Chapter 2. A Shadow in Spring

315Brooding Grief

21Chapter 3. The Irony of Inspired Moments

316Lotus Hurt by the Cold

22Chapter 4. Kiss when She’s Ripe for Tears

317Malade

23Chapter 5. An Arrow from the Impatient God

318Liaison

24Chapter 6. The Courting

319Troth With the Dead

25Chapter 7. The Fascination of the Forbidden Apple

320Dissolute

26Chapter 8. A Poem of Friendship

321Submergence

27Chapter 9. Pastorals and Peonies

322The Enkindled Spring

28PART THREE

323Reproach

29Chapter 1. A New Start in Life

324The Hands of the Betrothed

30Chapter 2. Puffs of Wind in the Sail

325Excursion

31Chapter 3. The First Pages of Several Romances

326Perfidy

32Chapter 4. Domestic Life at the Ram

327A Spiritual Woman

33Chapter 5. The Dominant Motif of Suffering

328Mating

34Chapter 6. Pisgah

329A Love Song

35Chapter 7. The Scarp Slope

330Brother and Sister

36Chapter 8. A Prospect Among the Marshes of Lethe

331After Many Days

37The Trespasser

332Blue

38Chapter 1

333Snap-dragon

39Chapter 2

334A Passing Bell

40Chapter 3

335In Trouble and Shame

41Chapter 4

336Elegy

42Chapter 5

337Grey Evening

43Chapter 6

338Firelight and Nightfall

44Chapter 7

339The Mystic Blue

45Chapter 8

340Look! We have come through!

46Chapter 9

341Foreword

47Chapter 10

342Argument

48Chapter 11

343Elegy

49Chapter 12

344Nonentity

50Chapter 13

345Martyr À La Mode

51Chapter 14

346Don Juan

52Chapter 15

347The Sea

53Chapter 16

348Hymn to Priapus

54Chapter 17

349Ballad of a Wilful Woman

55Chapter 18

350First Morning

56Chapter 19

351She Looks Back

57Chapter 20

352On the Balcony

58Chapter 21

353Frohnleichnam

59Chapter 22

354In the Dark

60Chapter 23

355Humiliation

61Chapter 24

356Green

62Chapter 25

357River Roses

63Chapter 26

358Gloire De Dijon

64Chapter 27

359Rose of All the World

65Chapter 28

360Quite Forsaken

66Chapter 29

361Forsaken and Forlorn

67Chapter 30

362Fireflies in the Corn

68Chapter 31

363Sinners

69Sons and Lovers

364Misery

70PART ONE

365Winter Dawn

71Chapter I. The Early Married Life of the Morels

366Why Does She Weep?

72Chapter II. The Birth of Paul, and Another Battle

367Giorno Dei Morti

73Chapter III. The Casting Off of Morel—The Taking On of William

368All Souls

74Chapter IV. The Young Life of Paul

369Lady Wife

75Chapter V. Paul Launches Into Life

370Both Sides of the Medal

76Chapter VI. Death in the Family

371Loggerheads

77PART TWO

372December Night

78Chapter VII. Lad-and-Girl Love

373New Year&#x27;s Eve

79Chapter VIII. Strife in Love

374New Year&#x27;s Night

80Chapter IX. Defeat of Miriam

375Valentine&#x27;s Night

81Chapter X. Clara

376Birth Night

82Chapter XI. The Test on Miriam

377Rabbit Snared in the Night

83Chapter XII. Passion

378Paradise Re-entered

84Chapter XIII. Baxter Dawes

379Spring Morning

85Chapter XIV. The Release

380Wedlock

86Chapter XV. Derelict

381History

87The Rainbow

382One Woman to All Women

88Chapter 1. How Tom Brangwen Married a Polish Lady

383People

89Chapter 2. They Live at the Marsh

384Street Lamps

90Chapter 3. Childhood of Anna Lensky

385New Heaven and Earth

91Chapter 4. Girlhood of Anna Brangwen

386Elysium

92Chapter 5. Wedding at the Marsh

387Manifesto

93Chapter 6. Anna Victrix

388Autumn Rain

94Chapter 7. The Cathedral

389Frost Flowers

95Chapter 8. The Child

390Craving for Spring

96Chapter 9. The Marsh and the Flood

391New Poems

97Chapter 10. The Widening Circle

392Apprehension

98Chapter 11. First Love

393Coming Awake

99Chapter 12. Shame

394From a College Window

100Chapter 13. The Man’s World (pt. 1)

395Flapper

101Chapter 13. The Man’s World (pt. 2)

396Birdcage Walk

102Chapter 14. The Widening Circle

397Letter from Town: The

103Chapter 15. The Bitterness of Ecstasy

398Flat Suburbs, S.W., In The

104Chapter 16. The Rainbow

399Thief in the Night

105Women in Love

400Letter From Town: On A

106Chapter 1. Sisters

401Suburbs on a Hazy Day

107Chapter 2. Shortlands

402Hyde Park At Night, Before

108Chapter 3. Class-room

403Gipsy

109Chapter 4. Diver

404Two-fold

110Chapter 5. In the Train

405Under the Oak

111Chapter 6. Creme De Menthe

406Sigh No More

112Chapter 7. Fetish

407Love Storm

113Chapter 8. Breadalby

408Parliament Hill In The

114Chapter 9. Coal-dust

409Piccadilly Circus At Night

115Chapter 10. Sketch-book

410Tarantella

116Chapter 11. An Island

411In Church

117Chapter 12. Carpeting

412Piano

118Chapter 13. Mino

413Embankment At Night

119Chapter 14. Water-party

414Phantasmagoria

120Chapter 15. Sunday Evening

415Next Morning

121Chapter 16. Man to Man

416Palimpsest Of Twilight

122Chapter 17. The Industrial Magnate

417Embankment At Night

123Chapter 18. Rabbit

418Winter In The Boulevard

124Chapter 19. Moony

419School On The Outskirts

125Chapter 20. Gladiatorial

420Sickness

126Chapter 21. Threshold

421Everlasting Flowers

127Chapter 22. Woman to Woman

422The North Country

128Chapter 23. Excurse

423Bitterness Of Death

129Chapter 24. Death and Love

424Seven Seals

130Chapter 25. Marriage or Not

425Reading A Letter

131Chapter 26. A Chair

426Twenty Years Ago

132Chapter 27. Flitting

427Intime

133Chapter 28. Gudrun in the Pompadour

428Two Wives

134Chapter 29. Continental (pt. 1)

429Heimweh

135Chapter 29. Continental (pt. 2)

430Debacle

136Chapter 30. Snowed up

431Narcissus

137Chapter 31. Exeunt

432Autumn Sunshine

138The Lost Girl

433On That Day

139Chapter 1. The Decline of Manchester House

434Bay: A Book of Poems

140Chapter 2. The Rise of Alvina Houghton

435Guards!

141Chapter 3. The Maternity Nurse

436Evolutions Of Soldiers

142Chapter 4. Two Women Die

437The Little Town At Evening

143Chapter 5. The Beau

438Last Hours

144Chapter 6. Houghton’s Last Endeavour

439Town

145Chapter 7. Natcha-Kee-Tawara

440After The Opera

146Chapter 8. Ciccio

441Going Back

147Chapter 9. Alvina Becomes Allaye

442On The March

148Chapter 10. The Fall of Manchester House

443Bombardment

149Chapter 11. Honourable Engagement

444Winter-lull

150Chapter 12. Allaye Also is Engaged

445The Attack

151Chapter 13. The Wedded Wife

446Obsequial Ode

152Chapter 14. The Journey Across

447Shades

153Chapter 15. The Place Called Califano

448Bread Upon The Waters

154Chapter 16. Suspense

449Ruination

155Aaron&#x27;s Rod

450Rondeau Of A Conscientious

156Chapter 1. The Blue Ball

451Tommies In The Train

157Chapter 2. Royal Oak

452War-baby

158Chapter 3. “The Lighted Tree”

453Nostalgia

159Chapter 4. “The Pillar of Salt”

454Tortoises

160Chapter 5. At the Opera

455Baby Tortoise

161Chapter 6. Talk

456Tortoise-shell

162Chapter 7. The Dark Square Garden

457Tortoise Family Connections

163Chapter 8. A Punch in the Wind

458Lui Et Elle

164Chapter 9. Low-Water Mark

459Tortoise Gallantry

165Chapter 10. The War Again

460Tortoise Shout

166Chapter 11. More Pillar of Salt

461Birds, Beasts and Flowers

167Chapter 12. Novara

462FRUITS

168Chapter 13. Wie Es Ihnen Gefaellt

463Pomegranate

169Chapter 14. XX Settembre

464Peach

170Chapter 15. A Railway Journey

465Medlars and Sorb-apples

171Chapter 16. Florence

466Figs

172Chapter 17. High up Over the Cathedral Square

467Grapes

173Chapter 18. The Marchesa

468The Revolutionary

174Chapter 19. Cleopatra, but Not Anthony

469The Evening Land

175Chapter 20. The Broken Rod

470Peace

176Chapter 21. Words

471TREES

177Kangaroo

472Cypresses

178Chapter 1. Torestin

473Bare Fig-trees

179Chapter 2. Neighbours

474Bare Almond-Trees

180Chapter 3. Larboard Watch Ahoy!

475Tropic

181Chapter 4. Jack and Jaz

476Southern Night

182Chapter 5. Coo-Ee

477FLOWERS

183Chapter 6. Kangaroo

478Almond Blossom

184Chapter 7. The Battle of Tongues

479Purple Anemones

185Chapter 8. Volcanic Evidence

480Sicilian Cyclamens

186Chapter 9. Harriet and Lovat at Sea in Marriage

481Hibiscus and Salvia Flowers

187Chapter 10. Diggers

482THE EVANGELISTIC BEASTS

188Chapter 11. Willie Struthers and Kangaroo

483St Matthew

189Chapter 12. The Nightmare

484St Mark

190Chapter 13. “Revenge!” Timotheus Cries

485St Luke

191Chapter 14. Bits

486St John

192Chapter 15. Jack Slaps Back

487CREATURES

193Chapter 16. A Row in Town

488The Mosquito

194Chapter 17. Kangaroo is Killed

489Fish

195Chapter 18. Adieu Australia

490Bat

196The Ladybird (pt. 1)

491Man and Bat

197The Ladybird (pt. 2)

492REPTILES

198The Fox (pt. 1)

493Snake

199The Fox (pt. 2)

494Baby Tortoise

200The Captain&#x27;s Doll

495Tortoise Shell

201Chapter 1

496Tortoise Family Connections

202Chapter 2

497Lui et Elle

203Chapter 3

498Tortoise Gallantry

204Chapter 4

499Tortoise Shout

205Chapter 5

500BIRDS

206Chapter 6

501Turkey-Cock

207Chapter 7

502Humming-Bird

208Chapter 8

503Eagle in New Mexico

209Chapter 9

504The Blue Jay

210Chapter 10

505ANIMALS

211Chapter 11

506The Ass

212Chapter 12

507He-Goat

213Chapter 13

508She Goat

214Chapter 14

509Elephant

215Chapter 15

510Kangaroo

216Chapter 16

511Bibbles

217Chapter 17

512Mountain Lion

218Chapter 18

513The Red Wolf

219Chapter 19

514GHOSTS

220Short Stories

515Men in New Mexico

221The Prussian Officer and Other Stories

516Autumn at Taos

222The Prussian Officer

517Spirits Summoned West

223The Thorn in the Flesh

518The American Eagle

224Daughters of the Vicar

519Plays

225A Fragment of Stained Glass

520The Daughter-in-Law

226The Shades of Spring

521CHARACTERS

227Second Best

522ACT I

228The Shadow in the Rose Garden

523Scene II

229Goose Fair

524ACT II

230The White Stocking

525ACT III

231A Sick Collier

526ACT IV

232The Christening

527The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

233Odour of Chrysanthemums

528PERSONS

234England, My England and Other Stories

529THE FIRST ACT

235England, My England

530Scene II

236Tickets, Please

531THE SECOND ACT

237The Blind Man

532THE THIRD ACT

238Monkey Nuts

533Touch and Go

239Wintry Peacock

534PREFACE

240You Touched Me

535CHARACTERS

241Samson and Delilah

536ACT I

242The Primrose Path

537Scene II

243The Horse Dealer’s Daughter

538ACT II

244Fanny and Annie

539ACT III

245Poetry Collections

540Scene II

246Love Poems and others

541Travel Books

247Wedding Morn

542Twilight in Italy and Other Essays

248Kisses in the Train

543The Crucifix Across the Mountains

249Cruelty and Love

544On the Lago di Garda

250Cherry Robbers

5452. The Lemon Gardens

251Lilies in the Fire

5463. The Theatre

252Coldness in Love

5474. San Gaudenzio

253End of Another Home-holiday

5485. The Dance

254Reminder

5496. IL Duro

255Bei Hennef

5507. John

256Lightning

551Italians in Exile

257Song-day in Autumn

552The Return Journey

258Aware

553Sea and Sardinia

259A Pang of Reminiscence

5541. As Far as Palermo.

260A White Blossom

5552. The Sea.

261Red Moon-rise

5563. Cagliari.

262Return

5574. Mandas.

263The Appeal

5585. To Sorgono.

264Repulsed

5596. To Nuoro.

265Dream-confused

5607. To Terranova and the Steamer.

266Corot

5618. Back.

267Morning Work

562Literary Essays

268Transformations

563Study of Thomas Hardy and other essays

269Renascence

564Chapter I

270Dog-tired

565Chapter II

271Michael-angelo

566Chapter III

272Violets

567Chapter IV

273Whether or Not

568Chapter V

274A Collier’s Wife

569Chapter VI

275The Drained Cup

570Chapter VII

276The Schoolmaster

571Chapter VIII

277II. The Best of School

572Chapter IX

278III. Afternoon in School

573Chapter X

279Amores

574Studies in Classic American Literature

280Tease

575Chapter 1. The Spirit of Place

281The Wild Common

576Chapter 2. Benjamin Franklin

282Study

577Chapter 3. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur

283Discord in Childhood

578Chapter 4. Fenimore Cooper&#x27;s White Novels

284Virgin Youth

579Chapter 5. Fenimore Cooper&#x27;s Leatherstocking Novels

285Monologue of a Mother

580Chapter 6. Edgar Allan Poe

286In a Boat

581Chapter 7. Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter

287Week-night Service

582Chapter 8. Hawthorne&#x27;s Blithedale Romance

288Irony

583Chapter 9. Dana&#x27;s Two Years Before The Mast

289Dreams Old and Nascent

584Chapter 10. Herman Melville&#x27;s Typee and Omoo

290Dreams Old and Nascent

585Chapter 11. Herman Melville&#x27;s Moby Dick

291A Winter&#x27;s Tale

586Chapter 12. Whitman

292Epilogue

587Analysis

293A Baby Running Barefoot

588Reflection

294Discipline

589Memorable Quotes

295Scent of Irises

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