Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885-1930

Sons and lovers by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
726 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 34 languages and held by 6,072 libraries worldwide
Because of his domineering mother, Paul is unable to fully love Miriam.

Lady Chatterley's lover by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
1,040 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 41 languages and held by 5,410 libraries worldwide
Constance, the wife of a crippled English aristocrat, runs away with her gamekeeper. Includes Archibald MacLeish's letter to Barney Rosset and Judge Bryan's decision in the obscenity case.

Women in love by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
513 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 22 languages and held by 4,607 libraries worldwide
Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen are the two intelligent, incisive, and observant sisters whose temperamental differences spark an ongoing debate regarding their society and their inner lives. The two very different sisters pursue thrilling, torrid affairs, but their search for more mature emotional relationships reveals some startling information about themselves as well as their lovers, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich.

The rainbow by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
297 editions published between 1915 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 3,724 libraries worldwide
The story of three generations of a Nottingham family whose love affairs move backward and forward across the years.

The plumed serpent by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
181 editions published between 1926 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 2,579 libraries worldwide
Written during the most flourishing period of D. H. Lawrence's career, 'The Plumed Serpent' is a novel of ritual and romance set in Mexico during the 1920s, a story both beautiful and strange. Kate Leslie, an Irishwoman, is at once repelled and fascinated by the spell of Mexico, homesick and yet unable to leave. With the ancient rites of the lost god Quetzalcoatl, she marries Don Cipriano, an Indian, and becomes wedded not only to him but also to a history full of terror and blood, to a land without shadows or mist.

Studies in classic American literature by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
95 editions published between 1923 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 2,469 libraries worldwide
In this work, "D.H. Lawrence set down his interpretation of what were for him the significant books....His opinions on these and other works are often startling, sometimes extreme, never dull; they reflect the same moral passion and visionary grasp of essentials found in his novels. Since 1923...the 'thin little volumes' of Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, and Whitman, which D.H. Lawrence in effect rediscovered, have come into their own. A new generation of critics echoes Lawrence's judgments of these works, and the book he wrote about them...has become itself a classic."

Four short novels by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
201 editions published between 1920 and 2010 in 16 languages and held by 2,097 libraries worldwide
Love among the haystacks.--The ladybird.--The fox.--The captain's doll.

Aaron's rod by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
162 editions published between 1922 and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 2,092 libraries worldwide
An amateur musician leaves a coal mining town in the English Midlands, going first to London and later to Florence.

The white peacock by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
150 editions published between 1911 and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 2,015 libraries worldwide
Lawrence's first novel The White Peacock was begun in 1906, rewritten three times, and published in 1911. The Cambridge edition uses the final manuscript as base-text, and faithfully recovers Lawrence's words and punctuation from the layers of publishers' house-styling and their errors; original passages, changed for censorship reasons, are reinstated. Andrew Robertson's introduction sets out the history of Lawrence's writing and revision, and the generally favourable reception by friends and reviewers. Lawrence incorporated much of his own experience and reading on to the novel which is set just north-east of Eastwood, and modelled characters on his friends and family. The notes identify real-life places and people, explain dialect forms, literary allusions, and historical references, and include sensitive passages deleted before publication. The textual apparatus records all the variant readings and the appendix prints the two surviving fragments from the earliest manuscripts of the novel, then entitled 'Laetitia'. --Publisher.

The lost girl by D. H Lawrence ( Book )
159 editions published between 1920 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 1,937 libraries worldwide
The Lost Girl, D. H. Lawrence's forgotten novel, is a passionate tale of longing and sexual defiance, of devastation and destitution. Alvina Houghton, the daughter of a widowed Midlands draper, comes of age just as her father's business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure his daughter's proper upbringing, James Houghton buys a theater. Among the traveling performers he employs is Ciccio, a sensual Italian who immediately captures Alvina's attention. Fleeing with him to Naples, she leaves her safe world behind and enters one of sexual awakening, desire, and fleeting freedom.