The Complete Works of D. H. Lawrence (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Plays, Travel Writings, Literary Essays and Author's BiographyBy D. H. Lawrence
Length357h 47m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of D. H. Lawrence gathers the full range of a writer who transformed modern English literature: the major novels, stories, poems, essays, and travel writings in which desire, class, nature, industrial modernity, and spiritual crisis are rendered with startling intensity. Lawrence's prose is sensuous, prophetic, and psychologically probing, standing at the crossroads of late Victorian realism and high modernist experiment, while resisting the formal coolness of many contemporaries through passionate immediacy. Born in 1885 in Nottinghamshire to a coal-miner father and an educated, socially aspiring mother, Lawrence drew deeply on the tensions of working-class life, parental conflict, illness, and exile. His uneasy relation to English society, intensified by censorship and controversy—especially surrounding The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover—shaped his lifelong inquiry into freedom, sexuality, and authentic human connection. This collection is indispensable for readers seeking not merely a famous novelist, but a complete literary consciousness: contradictory, visionary, and fiercely alive. It is especially recommended to those interested in modernism, erotic and psychological fiction, social criticism, and the enduring struggle between instinct and 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.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length357 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 16, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Novels
7The White Peacock
8PART ONE
9Chapter 1. The People of Nethermere
10Chapter 2. Dangling the Apple
11Chapter 3. A Vendor of Visions
12Chapter 4. The Father
13Chapter 5. The Scent of Blood
14Chapter 6. The Education of George
15Chapter 7. Lettie Pulls Down the Small Gold Grapes
16Chapter 8. The Riot of Christmas
17Chapter 9. Lettie Comes of Age
18PART TWO
19Chapter 1. Strange Blossoms and Strange New Budding
20Chapter 2. A Shadow in Spring
21Chapter 3. The Irony of Inspired Moments
22Chapter 4. Kiss when She’s Ripe for Tears
23Chapter 5. An Arrow from the Impatient God
24Chapter 6. The Courting
25Chapter 7. The Fascination of the Forbidden Apple
26Chapter 8. A Poem of Friendship
27Chapter 9. Pastorals and Peonies
28PART THREE
29Chapter 1. A New Start in Life
30Chapter 2. Puffs of Wind in the Sail
31Chapter 3. The First Pages of Several Romances
32Chapter 4. Domestic Life at the Ram
33Chapter 5. The Dominant Motif of Suffering
34Chapter 6. Pisgah
35Chapter 7. The Scarp Slope
36Chapter 8. A Prospect Among the Marshes of Lethe
37The Trespasser
38Chapter 1
39Chapter 2
40Chapter 3
41Chapter 4
42Chapter 5
43Chapter 6
44Chapter 7
45Chapter 8
46Chapter 9
47Chapter 10
48Chapter 11
49Chapter 12
50Chapter 13
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