D. H. Lawrence

Women in Love (1920) is a novel by English author D. H. Lawrence. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow (1915) and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an industrialist. Lawrence contrasts this pair with the love that develops between Ursula Brangwen and Rupert Birkin, an alienated intellectual who articulates many opinions associated with the author. The emotional relationships thus established are given further depth and tension by an intense psychological and physical attraction between Gerald and Rupert. The novel ranges over the whole of British society before the time of the First World War and eventually concludes in the snows of the Tyrolean Alps. Ursula's character draws on Lawrence's wife Frieda and Gudrun's on Katherine Mansfield, while Rupert Birkin's has elements of Lawrence himself, and Gerald Crich is partly based on Mansfield's husband, John Middleton Murry. (wikipedia.org)

The Trespasser is a 1912 novel by D. H. Lawrence. Set mostly on the Isle of Wight, it tells the story of Siegmund, a married man with children, and his adulterous affair with Helena. Originally it was titled the Saga of Siegmund and drew upon the experiences of a friend of Lawrence, Helen Corke, and her adulterous relationship with a married man that ended with his suicide. Lawrence worked from Corke's diary, with her permission, but also urged her to publish; which she did in 1933 as Neutral Ground. (wikipedia.org)

The Rainbow is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence, first published by Methuen & Co. in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, focusing particularly on the individual's struggle to growth and fulfilment within the confining strictures of English social life. Lawrence's 1920 novel Women in Love is a sequel to The Rainbow. Lawrence's frank treatment of sexual desire, and the part it plays within relationships as a natural and even spiritual force of life, caused The Rainbow to be prosecuted in an obscenity trial at Bow Street Magistrates' Court on 13 November 1915, as a result of which 1,011 copies were seized and burnt. After this ban it was unavailable in Britain for 11 years, although editions were available in the United States. The philosopher Roger Scruton argues in Sexual Desire (1986) that "because we live in a world structured by gender, the other sex is forever to some extent a mystery to us, with a dimension of experience that we can imagine but never inwardly know." Scruton believes that the prevailing theme of Lawrence's novels is that "In desiring to unite with the other sex], we are desiring to mingle with something that is deeply - perhaps essentially - not ourselves, and which brings us to experience a character and inwardness that challenge us with their strangeness." Scruton believes that The Rainbow vindicates Lawrence's vision. The critic Harold Bloom listed The Rainbow in his The Western Canon (1994) as one of the books that have been important and influential in Western culture. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked The Rainbow forty-eighth on a list of the 100 best novels in English of the 20th century. In 1988, the BBC produced a television adaptation directed by Stuart Burge, with Imogen Stubbs in the role of Ursula Brangwen. The following year, the novel was adapted into the UK film The Rainbow, directed by Ken Russell, who had also directed the 1969 film adaptation Women in Love. In 2021, BBC produced a new 2-part radio adaptation of the novel, aired on Radio 4 and starring Cassie Bradley in the role of Ursula and Karl Collins as Tom. (wikipedia.org)

Aaron's Rod is a picaresque novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1918 and published in 1922. Lawrence began writing Aaron's Rod early in 1918, but abandoned the work after its first eleven chapters. The longer portion that finishes Aaron's Rod was written by Lawrence in 1921. The biblical title refers to the rod of Aaron in the Old Testament, Moses' brother who built the Golden Calf in the desert for the worship of the Israelites. The rod, his divine symbol of authority and independence, finds its echo in the flute of Aaron Sisson. (wikipedia.org)

Four classic short stories, offering a perfect introduction to some of Britain's most famous writers. This box includes: Katherine Mansfield - BlissCharles Dickens - Horatio Sparkins D. H. Lawrence - Sun Virginia Woolf - Lappin and Lapinova The concept of Novellix is simple; small books, big stories, all contained within beautiful, accessible packages; ideal for reading on the go.

Sons and Lovers is a novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. The refined daughter of a "good old burgher family," Gertrude Coppard meets a rough-hewn miner, Walter Morel, at a Christmas dance and falls into a whirlwind romance characterised by physical passion but soon after her marriage to Walter, she realises the difficulties of living off his meagre salary in a rented house. The couple fight and drift apart and Walter retreats to the pub after work each day. Gradually, Mrs. Morel's affections shift to her sons beginning with the oldest, William.

England, My England is a collection of short stories published by D. H. Lawrence. Between 1913 and 1921, various pieces were initially written, many of them against the backdrop of World War I. Most of these versions were printed in periodicals or newspapers. Later, Lawrence chose ten and thoroughly rewrote them for the book England, My England. Thomas Seltzer in the US released this on October 24th, 1922. Martin Secker released the first UK edition in 1924. An Englishwoman is left with her husband's parents while he is away at war. She receives a letter addressed to her husband from his mistress. The translator leaves out that the woman and her child are coming to England, and tells him also what he told the man's wife. A young boy is adopted by a family that is without any male children. The boy, now a young man, visits the patriarch of the family when war breaks out. He asks the father for the daughter's hand in marriage, even though she is old enough to be his mother. Samson and Delilah tell the story of a woman whose husband abandoned her and her newborn child to go mining for gold.

Constance Chatterley on õnnetus abielus rikka aristokraadiga, kelle alakeha on sõja järel halvatud ja kes on naise ka emotsionaalselt unarusse jätnud. Üksildane Constance leiab igatsetud kire metsavaht Mellorsi käte vahel, kuid kas nii erineva ühiskondliku positsiooniga inimeste vahel saab olla tõelist armastust ja võrdsust? D. H. Lawrence'i (1885-1930) sensuaalset teost on aastate jooksul ära keelatud ja õigustatud, hukka mõistetud ja kiidetud. Selle temaatikat ja sõnavara peeti kirjanduse jaoks sobimatuks, aga nüüdseks on raamat leidnud koha 20. sajandi tippteoste hulgas. Autor andis romaani oma kulul välja 1928. aastal Itaalias, tema kodumaal Ühendkuningriigis ilmus kärbeteta väljaanne alles aastal 1960. Järelsõna on kirjutanud Kersti Unt. Lisaks autori kodumaale on romaan olnud keelu all Ameerika Ühendriikides, Kanadas, Austraalias, Indias ja Jaapanis. Sari "Keelatud klassika" hõlmab kirjanduslikke tippteoseid, mis on olnud ühel või teisel ajal eri riikides keelatud. Neid raamatuid on peetud ja peetakse paiguti siiani poliitilistel või moraalsetel põhjustel avaldamise jaoks sobimatuks. Sari kutsub üles mõtisklema sõnavabaduse teemal ja tähistab meie õigust lugeda. Ilmunud: George Orwell "1984" Ilmumas: Jevgeni Zamjatin "Meie"

Novellix ger ut noveller i små böcker med en berättelse per bok. I det här paketet med tema British Classics har vi samlat fyra noveller på originalspråk skrivna av Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens, D. H. Lawrence och Katherine Mansfield. Följ med till Londons societetsvärld och Medelhavets citronlundar och stifta samtidigt bekantskap med Storbritanniens största författarskap. Berättelserna berör ämnen som självförverkligande, giftermål och kvinnlig frigörelse. Paketet lämpar sig främst för engelskundervisning på gymnasienivå. Förutom att förbättra elevernas språkkunskaper fungerar novellerna också som en introduktion till klassisk engelsk skönlitteratur. I paketet ingår: 24 noveller på engelska (4 titlar x 6 ex). Observera att det inte finns lärarhandledning till detta paket.