D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, and essayist born on September 11, 1885, in the industrial town of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. He grew up in a working-class family, which profoundly influenced his literary themes, often exploring the tension between the individual and society. Lawrence's writing is characterized by its passionate exploration of human relationships and a deep engagement with the natural world. Some of his most notable works include "Sons and Lovers," "Women in Love," and the controversial "Lady Chatterley's Lover," each reflecting his belief in the importance of emotional connection and the struggle for personal freedom.
The Rainbow (Version 2)
Briefly appearing in 1915, then banned and taken out of circulation for its adult treatment of sexuality, Lawrence's visionary novel The Rai…
Sons and Lovers (Version 2)
Lawrence summarised the plot of Sons and Lovers in a letter to Edward Garnett in 1912:“It follows this idea: a woman of character and refine…
Women in Love
Women in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow (1915), and fol…
Sons and Lovers
This intimate portrait of a coal-miner's family fastens on each member in turn: Walter Morel, the collier; Gertrude, his wife; and the child…
The Lost Girl
"There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to."In this most under-valued …
The White Peacock
Lawrence’s first novel is set in Nethermere (his name for the real-life Eastwood in Nottinghamshire). The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsal…
England, My England
A book of ten short stories, written with Lawrence's typical sensibility to and awareness of social mores, set around the period of the Firs…
The Prussian Officer
The collection of short stories - of which The Prussian Officer is one - was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly ar…
Lady Chatterley's Lover
In the years following World War I, Connie Chatterley finds that she is unhappy in her marriage. She begins a cross-class relationship with …
Twilight in Italy
This is one of the author's "travel books", recounting his walking journeys in and around the Lago di Garda in Northern Italy. Eve…
Sea and Sardinia
A travel book describing a journey taken by Lawrence and his wife Frieda (whom he refers to as the Queen Bee) by sea from Sicily to Sardinia…
The Trespasser
Brief Encounter meets Tristan und Isolde - on the Isle of Wight, under a vast sky florid with stars. The consequence is tragic indeed for on…
The Rainbow (Version 3)
The Rainbow is the story of three generations of the Brangwen family, a sexual and religious collection of incidents that eventually shows t…
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, apparently patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly…
The Rainbow
The Rainbow explores the intricate lives of the Brangwen family over three generations, set against the backdrop of the English countryside.…
Studies in Classic American Literature
The staid academic title belies the freewheeling prose of D.H. Lawrence's essays, which are as contrarian, penetrating, and sometimes unpala…
Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
Kangaroo
"Kangaroo" is the nickname of a character in this novel, Benjamin Cooley, who was a charismatic leader in the fascist movement of …
Listening
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Listening by D.H. Lawrence. This was the weekly poetry project for December 28th, 2008.
Love Poems and Others
This is a collection of poems by DH Lawrence. Most of the poems concern love and neighboring emotions, but some poems also concern other the…