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First published in 1911, “The White Peacock” is the first novel of David Herbert Lawrence. "The White Peacock" is both a fascinating precursor of the more famous novels to come and a moving and challenging book in its own right.
“The White Peacock” follows a group of young friends living in the English midlands. The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsall and focuses in particular on the relationship of his sister Lettie with two admirers, the more handsome and down to earth George and the more effete gentleman Leslie.
The novel is a compelling exploration of the estrangements of modern life. Focusing on the three relationships - one destructively stillborn, one disastrously unfulfilling and one passionately unspoken - Lawrence exploits the language and conventions of the rural tradition to foreground man's alienation from the natural world. His evocation of the vanishing countryside of the English midlands, as soon through the eyes of the effete Cyril Beardsall, is both vivid and arresting, and as the novel draws towards its tragic conclusion Lawrence handles his themes with an increasingly visionary power.
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Rating★★★★ 3.6 (1.8K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Romance
Length14 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Part I
2Chapter I - The People of Nethermere
3Chapter II - Dangling the Apple
4Chapter III - A Vendor of Visions
5Chapter IV - The Father
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6Chapter V - The Scent of Blood
7Chapter VI - The Education of George
8Chapter VII - Lettie Pulls Down the Small Gold Grapes
9Chapter IX - Lettie Comes of Age
10Part II
11Chapter I - Strange Blossoms and Strange New Budding
12Chapter II - A Shadow in Spring
13Chapter III - The Irony of Inspired Moments
14Chapter IV - Kiss When She's Ripe for Tears
15Chapter V - An Arrow From the Impatient God
16Chapter VI - The Courting
17Chapter VII - The Fascination of the Forbidden Apple
18Chapter VIII - A Poem of Friendship
19Chapter IX - Pastorals and Peonies
20Part III
21Chapter I - A New Start in Life
22Chapter II - Puffs of Wind in the Sail
23Chapter III - The First Pages of Several Romances
24Chapter III - Domestic Life at the Ram
25Chapter IV - The Dominant Motif of Suffering
26Chapter VI - The Scarp Slope
27Chapter VII - A Prospect Among the Marshes of Lethe
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