MRS HOLROYD (aloud, to herself): You know they're not dry even now, though it's been as fine as it has. (She spreads the shirt on the back of her rocking-chair, which she turns to the fire.)

VOICE (calling from outside): Well, have you got them dry?

MRS HOLROYD starts up, turns and flings her hand in the direction of the open door, where appears a man in blue overalls, swarfed and greased. He carries a dinner-basket.

MRS HOLROYD: You--you--I don't know what to call you! The idea of shouting at me like that--like the Evil One out of the darkness!

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

Connie's unhappy marriage to Clifford Chatterley is one scarred by mutual frustration and alienation. Crippled from wartime action, Clifford is confined to a wheelchair, while Connie's solitary, sterile existence is contained within the narrow parameters of the Chatterley ancestral home, Wragby. She seizes her chance at happiness and freedom when she embarks on a passionate affair with the estate's gamekeeper, Mellors, discovering a world of sexual opportunity and pleasure she'd thought lost to her. The explosive passion of Connie and Mellors' relationship - and the searing candour with which it is described - marked a watershed in twentieth-century fiction, garnering Lady Chatterley's Lover a wide and enduring readership and lasting notoriety. The text is taken from the privately published Author's Unabridged Popular Edition of 1930, the last to be supervised in D. H. Lawrence's lifetime. It also includes his witty essay, My Skirmish with Jolly Roger, describing the pirating of this infamous novel. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover features an afterword by editor and publisher, Anna South. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking. Ursula was stitching a piece of brightly-coloured embroidery, and Gudrun was drawing upon a board which she held on her knee. They were mostly silent, talking as their thoughts strayed through their minds.

'Ursula, ' said Gudrun, 'don't you REALLY WANT to get married?' Ursula laid her embroidery in her lap and looked up. Her face was calm and considerate.

'I don't know, ' she replied. 'It depends how you mean.'

Gudrun was slightly taken aback. She watched her sister for some moments.

'Well, ' she said, ironically, 'it usually means one thing! But don't you think anyhow, you'd be-' she darkened slightly-'in a better position than you are in now.'

A shadow came over Ursula's face.

'I might, ' she said. 'But I'm not sure.'

Women in Love

A renowned literary figure, D. H. Lawrence pushed the boundaries of early twentieth century literature with his frank discussion of sexuality and women's physical desire. Set against the backdrop of England's industrial revolution, The Rainbow examines shifting social roles in pre-First World War England through the experiences of three generations of Brangwen women-Anna, Ursula, and Gudrun-who each deal with their own challenges: forbidden sexual desire, unfulfilling marriages and the impossibility of physical love. Ursula and Gundrun Brangwen's stories continue in Women in Love, as they meet and develop relationships with Gerald Crich and Rupert Birkin. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Rainbow and Women In Love

Gertrude Morel lebt im der englischen Bergarbeiterdorf Bestwood. Sie kümmert sich intensiv um die Zukunft ihrer Kinder und unterstützt deren gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg. Nachdem ihr Sohn William seine Ausbildung abgeschlossen hat, bewirbt er sich erfolgreich in einer Anwaltskanzlei. Auch privat scheint sich bei ihm alles gut zu entwickeln: Er verlobt sich mit der attraktiven Lily. Doch anstatt sich zu freuen, reagiert seine Mutter eifersüchtig. 

In seinem Bestseller »Söhne und Liebhaber« von 1913 entwickelt D. H. Lawrence eine psychologische Studie der komplexen Beziehung zwischen Mutter und Sohn. »Söhne und Liebhaber« enthält zahlreiche autobiografische Elemente. Das Bergarbeiterdorf Bestwood aus dem Roman ähnelt in vielem dem Dorf Eastwood, in dem D. H. Lawrence aufwuchs.

Söhne und Liebhaber

«Comment situer Les filles du pasteur dans l'oeuvre de Lawrence ? Ce n'est qu'une nouvelle, mais Lawrence est un maître reconnu de ce genre. Dans la célèbre étude de 1953, Lawrence romancier, le critique F. R. Leavis lui consacre un chapitre entier. Par sa construction, c'est presque un roman et on y trouve en raccourci les thèmes et les intuitions des oeuvres de la première période, avec cette profondeur d'observation qui nous force à reconnaître la vérité des personnages, alors même qu'ils se comportent à l'inverse des stéréotypes dont nous avons l'habitude.»Bernard Jean.

Les filles du pasteur / Daughters of the vicar

MRS GASCOIGNE: Well, I s'd ha' thought thy belly 'ud a browt thee whoam afore this.

JOE sits on sofa without answering.

Doesn't ter want no dinner?

JOE (looking up): I want it if the' is ony.

MRS GASCOIGNE: An' if the' isna, tha can go be out? Tha talks large, my fine jockey! (She puts a newspaper on the table; on it a plate and his dinner.) Wheer dost reckon ter's bin?

JOE: I've bin ter th' office for my munny.

MRS GASCOIGNE: Tha's niver bin a' this while at th' office.

JOE: They kep' me ower an hour, an' then gen me nowt.

MRS GASCOIGNE: Gen thee nowt! Why, how do they ma'e that out? It's a wik sin' tha got hurt, an' if a man wi' a broken arm canna ha' his fourteen shillin' a week accident pay, who can, I s'd like to know?

JOE: They'll gie me nowt, whether or not.

MRS GASCOIGNE: An' for why, prithee?

The Daughter-in-law

Cette longue nouvelle écrite en 1926 met en scène un individu à la fois idéaliste et misanthrope qui acquiert à l'âge de 35 ans une île dans l'intention de la transformer et de créer un univers dont il sera le maître.Ses espoirs déçus, il s'installe sur une deuxième île plus petite et sombre peu à peu dans la plus totale indifférence avant de finir hanté par ses obsessions.

L'homme qui aimait les îles

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 In his quest to find his emotional and independent self, Paul Morel is torn between the strong, Oedipal bond he has with his mother and the relationships he forges as a young adult, with chaste Miriam and the provocative Clara. As Paul matures and struggles with his own and his mother's feelings towards the other women in his life, Lawrence expertly crafts a timeless and universal story of family, love and the relationships that define us.

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

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