David Herbert Lawrence Książki

Zbiór opowiadań "Pruski oficer" napisał Lawrence w Niemczech, dokąd wyjechał w roku 1912 z Friedą von Richthoffen Weekley, żoną profesora uniwersytetu w Nottingham, matką trojga małych dzieci, którą po dwóch latach poślubił. W opowiadaniach tych, osnutych na motywach autobiograficznych, dochodzi do głosu charakterystyczny dla całej twórczości pisarza konflikt między instynktem i intelektem, namiętnością i religią, ciałem i duchem. Ujawniając "potężny niebezpieczny świat podziemny" ludzkiej psychiki, autor sprzeciwia się obłudnej moralności seksualnej, broni natomiast szczerości, spontaniczności i odwagi uczuć.

Kochanek lady Chatterley to nie tylko historia namiętnego romansu angielskiej arystokratki. To ważna opowieść o prawie do miłości i namiętności wbrew społecznym konwenansom. Mąż lady Konstancji Chatterley - Clifford - niedługo po ślubie wyrusza na wojnę, podczas której zostaje ciężko ranny. Do domu wraca sparaliżowany od pasa w dół. W wiktoriańskim społeczeństwie dla Konstancji oznacza to koniec jej życia miłosnego - pragnienia ciała powinny ustąpić obowiązkom opieki nad mężem. Clifford nie chce jednak takiego losu dla Konstancji i nakłania ją, by znalazła sobie kochanka. Początkowo lady Chatterley odrzuca propozycję męża. Jednak wszystko się zmienia, kiedy podczas spaceru spotyka w lesie młodego gajowego... Wielowymiarowa i wyprzedzająca swoje czasy powieść angielskiego pisarza D.H. Lawrence’a była na tyle skandalizująca, że nieocenzurowana wersja została wydana w jego rodzinnym kraju ponad 30 lat po premierze. A jednym z powodów były śmiałe - jak na ówczesne czasy - sceny erotyczne, w tym opisy miłosnych doznań kobiety.

The book "The Last Laugh", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

DIFFERENT OFFER (this item listed here is DIFFERENT from the title and/or picture above. Please see description & pictures by BookGems before placing an order): Edition Parragon Books, 1993. A volume of three complete novels: "Son and Lovers", "Lady Chatterley's Lover", and "The Rainbow". Introduction by Robert Yagley. Just light tan to paper edges. Other than that, the new and unread book remains in very good condition throughout. Text all clean, neat and tight. Prompt dispatch from UK.

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This selection of Lawrence's work underlines the intensity and innovation that made him one of the most distinctive and important of twentieth-century writers. Sons and Lovers - semi-autobiographical, is a powerful exploration of family, class, sexuality and the suffocating relationships of a man with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. Women in Love - perhaps Lawrence's most mature novel, was met with disgust by the critics, seeing only a sorry tale of sexual depravity in the love of the sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, for Rupert and Gerald. Lady Chatterley's Lover - Lawrence's novel, written in poetic and sexually explicit language, deals with the passionate relationship between Lady Constance Chatterley and Oliver Mellors, her emotionally and physically crippled husband's forthright and powerfully masculine gamekeeper. A watershed in twentieth-century literary fiction, its sensational content has earned the novel an enduring readership and notoriety. Other stories featured in this volume include The Captain's Doll, The Fox, The Ladybird, St Mawr, The Princess, The Virgin and the Gypsy and The Escaped Cock.

The second and best version of 'Lady Chatterley'. The marriage of Clifford Chatterley, who became a cripple in the war, and the young, beautiful Connie has become devoid of meaning. He invests all his life energy into a coal mining enterprise, while she—a woman full of life—becomes internally unmoored but cannot detach herself from her husband. However, when she meets Oliver Mellors and experiences a fulfilling love with him, she is ready to embrace this socially inappropriate relationship and face the resulting difficulties. A book defending sensuality and nature against industrialization and conventions—the novel of an amour fou that transcends all class divisions.

Lawrence first put together the collection of his poems in 1928. They are arranged chronologically "to make up a biography of an emotional and inner life".

Part of a series designed to be suitable for students at upper intermediate level, including those preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate examinations. These simplified editions keep within a 2000 word vocabulary, contain exercise material and an introduction to the text and author.

Best known for the explicit sensuality of his novels, D.H. Lawrence was also a prolific poet who took his inspiration from the major emotional crises of his life. This selection of his poetry is accompanied by annotations explaining the biographical circumstances which inspired it.

Great Ghost Stories is a volume filled with strange sights, spirits, words and actions from beyond the grave.This rich and diverse collection brings together some of the best spooky writing of all time.

Introduces the Bible's teaching about the new earth that God will create, and explores imaginatively what living on it may be like. A fascinating read. In the wake of the disastrous events of September 11th, many people are asking questions and searching for answers about heaven and eternal life. Scripture Union have therefore reprinted this excellent, thought-provoking book which gives a trustworthy summary of the Bible's teaching on heaven, and the promise of a new earth. It provides a counter-view to traditional ideas of wispy spirits, clutching harps and singing the Hallelujah Chorus! With biblical foundations and visions of life on the new earth, readers are asked to consider what it may really be like. The final chapter explores the contemporary implications. With a brand new jacket to bring it right up to date; you may well find that this is just the book your customers are seeking in the present climate.

The book offers a comprehensive examination of the alt-right movement, detailing its origins, beliefs, organizational methods, and potential future. Authored by researchers from the anti-racist group Hope not Hate, it presents a groundbreaking and accessible analysis of this dangerous phenomenon, shedding light on its historical context and current impact.

Aaron's Rod is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1917 and published in 1922. The protagonist of this picaresque novel, Aaron Sisson, is a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an amateur, but talented, flautist. At the start of the story he walks out on his wife and two children and decides on impulse to visit Italy. His dream is to become recognised as a professional musician. During his travels he encounters and befriends Rawdon Lilly, a Lawrence-like writer who nurses Aaron back to health when he is taken ill in post-war London. Having recovered his health, Aaron arrives in Florence. Here he moves in intellectual and artistic circles, argues about politics, leadership and submission, and has an affair with an aristocratic lady. The novel ends with an anarchist or fascist explosion that destroys Aaron’s instrument. Many incidents in the novel have direct parallels with events in Lawrence's own life.

David Herbert Lawrence's works delve into the dehumanizing impacts of modernity and industrialization. He addresses themes such as sexuality, emotional well-being, and the importance of vitality and spontaneity. Through his poetry and prose, Lawrence offers a profound reflection on the human experience, emphasizing instinctual drives and the need for genuine connections in a rapidly changing world.

It was the sitting-room of a mean house standing in line with hundreds of others of the same kind along a wide road in South London. Now and again the trams hummed by but the room was foreign to the trams and to the sound of the London traffic.

The texts of Lawrence's earliest three plays are accompanied by a discussion of his development as a writer

Contains the author's best known poems accompanied with notes and tips on essay writing and A-level exam skills

D. H. Lawrence's collection features early short stories that explore complex themes of human relationships, societal norms, and emotional struggles. Published in 1914, it showcases his distinctive style and deep psychological insight. The stories reflect the tensions of the time, providing a glimpse into the author's evolving literary voice. An American edition followed in 1916, further expanding its reach.

"This volume features a recently rediscovered cache of captivating portraits from another time and place: a golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. The Manasses, a husband-and-wife team from the Viennese beau monde, used retouching techniques to create surreal and noir images that seethe with an erotic symbolism barely concealed beneath a mask of glamorous styling, elegant poses, and extravagant costumes. Photographic historian Monika Faber examines this work as part of the world of cinema-enthralled Vienna, while an accompanying D. H. Lawrence story adds literary resonance to the erotic charge of these extraordinary images."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Mr Noon is a sardonic tale about the amorous adventures of Gilbert Noon, a young schoolmaster in Lawrence's home county of Nottinghamshire who gets entangled with a girl, loses his job, and decides to leave the country to escape the narrow provincial middle-class morality. It was first known as a long story posthumously published in A Modern Lover (1934) and collected in the volume called Phoenix II (1968). Lawrence in fact wrote a long continuation of the novel, but the manuscript disappeared for many years. The Cambridge edition brought the two parts together for the first time. It is like a sequel to Sons and Lovers, but much more straightforwardly autobiographical. The publication of the complete work added a new work of major importance to the canon of a great writer, and was widely hailed as a major literary event.

Widely regarded as D. H. Lawrence's greatest novel, Women in Love is both a lucid account of English society before the First World War, and a brilliant evocation of the inexorable power of human desire. Women in Love continues where The Rainbow left off, with the third generation of Brangwens: Ursula Brangwen, now a teacher at Beldover, a mining town in the Midlands, and her sister Gudrun, who has returned from art school in London. The focus of the novel is primarily on their relationships, Ursula's with Rupert Birkin, a school inspector, and Gudrun's with industrialist Gerald Crich, and later with a sculptor, Loerke. Quintessentially modernist, Women in Love is one of Lawrence's most extraordinary, innovative and unsettling works.

This is the first volume of Lawrence's collected short stories. It contains thirteen tales set in both England and America, including "The Rocking-Horse Winner", Lawrence's most popular short story.We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our entire classical books are the original works. To ensure high quality products, all the titles are chosen carefully by our staff. We hope you enjoy this classic.

Jimmy Stone died of a broken heart. Literally. Someone put a sharp object between Jimmy's ribs and pushed - hard. He was found sitting in a circle with three other corpses in a London flat - a deadly mystery right in the middle of DS Stella Mooney's patch. But it's a tough case. Stella feels like she's going round in circles, chasing leads from vice girls to Internet rings to gangsters, getting deeper and deeper into the swamp of the London underworld. And with a personal life in crisis, nightmares that wake her at 3 a.m. and a vodka habit, Stella's trying to keep it together long enough to catch the killer. The problem is, the nearer she gets to solving the case the closer the rest of her life comes to falling apart . . .

The London Transport bar and circle – also known as the bulls-eye or roundel – is an icon of commercial design. Over the last century it has come to represent not only London's transport network but also the city itself. Rare for the logo of a large organization, the symbol is often perceived as being 'cool', and its influence has extended into many other fields, including fashion, pop music and counter-culture.This fascinating book charts the history and development of the symbol from the early 20th century to the present day, and explores its use across the company's many activities, as well as its wide-ranging cultural influence. Richly illustrated with poster artworks, photographs and other graphic material from the London Transport Museum archives, the book features numerous inventive uses of the logo, many of them previously unpublished.

Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Sardinia, this travel narrative captures D. H. Lawrence's journey with his wife Frieda through the island's towns, including Cagliari and Nuoro. Despite a brief visit, Lawrence conveys a profound appreciation for Sardinia's essence and its people, paying homage to the writer Grazia Deledda. With extracts initially published in The Dial, the book combines vivid observations with illustrations by Jan Juta, offering timeless insights into the island's culture and landscape.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The collection presents D. H. Lawrence's travel writings that juxtapose the vibrant, life-affirming culture of the ancient Etruscans with the bleakness of Mussolini's Italy in the late 1920s. Written after his journey through Tuscany with friend Earl Brewster in 1927, these essays reflect on the beauty of the landscape and the contrasting societal conditions of the time. Lawrence's observations provide a unique insight into both the historical richness of the Etruscans and the contemporary political climate.

Lawrence asserted that 'the proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it'. In these highly individual, penetrating essays he has exposed 'the American whole soul' within some of that continent's major works of literature. In seeking to establish the status of writings by such authors as Poe, Melville, Fenimore Cooper and Whitman, Lawrence himself has created a classic work. Studies in Classic American Literature is valuable not only for the light it sheds on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American consciousness, telling 'the truth of the day', but also as a prime example of Lawrence's learning, passion and integrity of judgement.

Once she had been beautiful; now she was eight days dead, her body slashed repeatedly. At first, she's just Jane Doe of Notting Hill, then DS Stella Mooney finds a suspect. But while he is in custody, another body is discovered, butchered in the same way. It seems that Stella and her team are looking for that most dangerous of creatures: someone who kills to feed a terrible appetite. In fact they are up against something even more terrifying. There are two people involved; and one of them - the dominant one - is a woman ...

Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence, originally published by B.W. Huebsch Publishers. The Modern Library placed it ninth on their list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. While the novel initially received a lukewarm critical reception, along with allegations of obscenity, it is today regarded as a masterpiece by many critics and is often regarded as Lawrence's finest achievement. 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 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

Recommended for Adult Literacy - Intermediate level.

In an era still shrouded in Victorian spirit, the poet, novelist, and painter D.H. Lawrence embodies rebellion against puritanical morality, leading him to a metaphysical conception of sex that scandalized his contemporaries. This novella contains many characteristic elements of the author's work. The Princess is a typically Lawrencean woman, complex, vitalistic, and rebellious, dominated by an unconscious eroticism that she attempts in vain to control. A book that may profoundly shake the reader.

Eight stories and novelettes, including "The Prussian Officer'," "The Rocking-Horse Winner," and "The Fox." Self contained sections from The Rainbow and Women in Love. Poems, Travel-writings, Letters, Essays, Criticism. "A perfect introduction to Lawrence"-- The New Yorker

Selected short stories introduced by Christopher Isherwood

The collection showcases Lawrence's poetic mastery, characterized by clear language that vividly conveys his intense vision. His ability to evoke imagery allows readers to deeply experience the themes he explores, setting him apart as a unique voice in literature. W. H. Auden highlights this remarkable clarity and depth, emphasizing the impact of Lawrence's work on readers.

In these impressions of the Italian countryside: "Twilight in Italy", "Sea and Sardina", and "Etruscan Places", the author transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty.

At age 82, Clifton Fadiman continues his prolific publishing career, here presenting 62 of the world's best short stories from 16 countries. His criteria? "Each story had to be both interesting and of high literary merit." Fadiman fulfills both requirements and much more, offering a cornucopia of superior 20th-century writers that includes Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, Isaac Babel, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever, Sean O'Faolain, Graham Greene, Robert Penn Warren, Colette, John Updike, Donald Barthelme, and James Thurber. (Regrettably, J. D. Salinger is not included due to lack of permission.) Here is a truly remarkable collection of this century's short stories that readers from all over the world will read with delight.

D. H. Lawrence produced three versions of Lady Chatterley's Lover. To study them is surprising, for The First Lady Chatterley is a very different book from its successors - not really revolutionary polemic or manifesto at all, but a beautiful, rather pastoral tale which takes its place most appropriately beside The Virgin and the Gipsy St Mawr.

A terrifying and timely look at the spread of far-right movements across the globe.

A distinctive selection from the scores of articles and essays written by D. H. Lawrence for periodicals and newspapers. It contains brilliant studies of people and places, as well as his unconventional criticism of literature.

He was working on the edge of the common beyond the small brook that ran in the dip at the bottom of the garden carrying the garden path in continuation from the plank bridge on to the common.

A collection of the most well known and not so well known poems by the great poet himself. New edition whiich contains over 180 poems together with 6 of Lawrence's most important essays on his own poetry.

Set in the rural midlands of England, this tale recounts the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter Anna as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them.

D. H. Lawrence's grand narrative explores the depths of human existence through the story of a man who loves islands. He seeks happiness on a storm-battered island, creating a world shaped by his own desires. However, his happiness soon faces threats, not from the elements, but from other people. In search of solitude, he retreats to a smaller island, and then to an even smaller one, until he finds himself utterly alone, accompanied only by the sea. As he delves deeper into himself, he confronts his wishes and longings. This tale reflects on a man's daring withdrawal from the world to experience the tides and vibrations of his soul, ultimately striving to create his own paradise.

These two brilliant novels are deservedly among Lawrence's most popular works. Both are at the same time exciting narratives and striking expressions of Lawrence's philosophy. St. Mawr is the story of a splendid stallion in whose vitality the heroine finds the quality that is lacking in the men she knows. It is also the first of Lawrence's writing to be partially set in America, on a ranch in Arizona. The Man Who Died, originally published in Paris as "The Escaped Cock" and later retitled and revised, has as its main character Christ, who does not die on the cross but escapes to wander through the country seeking the meaning of human existence, which he finally discovers in a temple of Isis by the waters of Lebanon.

Introduced by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. In this notorious late novel, Lawrence's pagan imaginings burgeon. Kate Leslie, an Irish widow touring Mexico, becomes gradually involved with a charismatic leader, and she enters a sexual relationship with his dark henchman. As the two men conspire to revive the old Aztec religion and seize power, Kate is increasingly implicated in their 'blood consciousness', phallic propaganda and right-wing violence. The Plumed Serpent abounds in the 'politically incorrect' Lawrence retains his power to shock. As a publisher once said, 'Anything to do with D. H. L. is rather dangerous.'

The White Peacock, narrated by Cyril Beardsall, explores the complexities of love and marriage in Nethermere. His sister Laetitia is torn between two suitors, George and Leslie, ultimately choosing Leslie. Both marriages lead to unhappiness, highlighting the themes of mismatched unions and the tension between urban and rural life.

CONTENTS Corasmin and The Parrots Walk to Huayapa The Mozo Market Day Indians and Entertainment The Dance of the Sprouting Corn The Hopi Snake Dance A Little Moonshine with Lemon

This book contains the complete text of Lawrence's famous short story followed by a 7,815 word analysis of the story suitable for GCSE students.

Ten unabridged short stories by twentieth-century authors of various nationalities, including Hemingway, Joyce, Naipaul, Dahl, Greene, and Lessing.

The lull continued. Then suddenly came sharp orders, and a new direction of the guns, and an intense, exciting activity. Yet at the center the soul remained dark and aloof, alone. But even so, it was the soul that heard the new sound: the new, deep "papp!" of a gun that seemed to touch right upon the soul. He kept up the rapid activity at the machine-gun, sweating. But in his soul was the echo of the new, deep sound, deeper than life. And in confirmation came the awful faint whistling of a shell, advancing almost suddenly into a piercing, tearing shriek that would tear through the membrane of life. * This collection of stories includes "England, My England," "Tickets, Please," "The Blind Man," "Monkey Nuts," "Wintry Peacock," "You Touched Me," "Samson and Delilah," "The Primrose Path," "The Horse Dealer's Daughter," and "Fanny and Annie."

The critical edition compiles the complete writings of D. H. Lawrence concerning Mexican and Southwestern Indians, offering a comprehensive look at his perspectives and insights. This collection provides readers with an opportunity to explore Lawrence's engagement with indigenous cultures, showcasing his unique observations and interpretations in a unified format.

"Women in Love" is widely regarded as D. H. Lawrence's greatest novel. The novel continues where: "The Rainbow" left off with the third generation of Brangwens: Ursula Brangwen, now a teacher at Beldover, a mining town in the Midlands, and her sister Gudrun, who has returned from art school in London. The focus of the novel is primarily on their relationships, Ursula's with Rupert Birkin, a school inspector, though he gives that up, and Gudrun's with Gerald Crich, an industrialist, and later with a sculptor, Loerke.

This companion features 7nbsp;of the best Lawrence stories, each turning on some facet of sexual feeling, attitude or convention. Includes "The Prussian Officer," "The Shadow in the Rose Garden," "The White Stocking," "Daughters of the Vicar," "The Christening," "Second Best" and "Odour of Chrysanthemums"nbsp; Note.

The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrence's native Nottinghamshire, "Sons and Lovers" (1913) is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.

Tato kniha je posledním útokem D.H. Lawrence proti materialistické a zintelektualizované západní civilicazi. Jeho poetický komentář Knihy Zjevení odsuzuje pokrytectví průměrných vrstev a vyzdvihuje pohanské hodnoty zničené křesťanstvím, vědou a demokracií. Lawrencova fascinující interpretace symbolů, zvířat a čísel odkrývá současně nitro jeho samého.

With an Introduction and Notes by Jeff Wallace, University of Glamorgan.These stories of myth and resurrection, of uncanny events and violent impulse, were with one exception written and published in the latter half of the 1920s, coinciding with the composition of Lawrence's controversial masterpiece Lady Chatterley's Lover.At this time Lawrence declared himself to be 'really awful sick of writing'; yet here we find some of his most beautiful, hauntingly melancholy fictions. In struggling to escape from their thwarted lives and to achieve human 'tenderness', the characters embody and continue the major preoccupations of Lawrence's work as a whole.Love Among the Haystacks provides an early illustration of the intensity and innovation which made Lawrence one of the most distinctive and important of twentieth-century writers.

Part of a series designed to be suitable for students at upper intermediate level, including those preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate examinations. These simplified editions keep within a 2000 word vocabulary, contain exercise material and an introduction to the text and author.

D. H. Lawrence portrays human relationships--both tender and cruel--and the destructive effects of war in three classic novellas. In The Fox, two young women living on a small farm during the First World War find their solitary life interrupted. As a fox preys on their poultry, a human predator plans to prey on the women. The Captain's Doll explores the complex and intimate relationship between a German countess and a married Scottish soldier in occupied Germany, while in The Ladybird a wounded German prisoner of war has a disturbing and profound influence on the Englishwoman who visits him in the hospital.

Bilingvní anglicko-české vydání s komentářem pro středně pokročilé.

I am not a proper archaeologist nor an anthropologist nor an ethnologist. I am no "scholar" of any sort. But I am very grateful to scholars for their sound work. I have found hints, suggestions for what I say here in all kinds of scholarly books, from the Yoga and Plato and St. John the Evangel and the early Greek philosophers like Herakleitos down to Fraser and his "Golden Bough," and even Freud and Frobenius. Even then I only remember hints--and I proceed by intuition. This leaves you quite free to dismiss the whole wordy mass of revolting nonsense, without a qualm.

Exploring the intersection of psychology and societal themes, this collection features two essays that delve into Lawrence's critiques of Freud's philosophy. The writings examine broader social and political issues, offering insightful perspectives on human behavior and cultural dynamics. Through a critical lens, Lawrence challenges conventional thought, encouraging readers to reflect on the implications of Freud's ideas in the context of contemporary society.

This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

But let us retreat to the early eighties, when Alvina was a baby: or even further back, to the palmy days of James Houghton. In his palmy days, James Houghton was creme de la creme of Woodhouse society. The house of Houghton had always been well-to-do: tradespeople, we must admit; but after a few generations of affluence, tradespeople acquire a distinct cachet. Now James Houghton, at the age of twenty-eight, inherited a splendid business in Manchester goods, in Woodhouse. He was a tall, thin, elegant young man with side-whiskers, genuinely refined, somewhat in the Bulwer style. He had a taste for elegant conversation and elegant literature and elegant Christianity: a tall, thin, brittle young man, rather fluttering in his manner, full of facile ideas, and with a beautiful speaking voice: most beautiful. Withal, of course, a tradesman. He courted a small, dark woman, older than himself, daughter of a Derbyshire squire. He expected to get at least ten thousand pounds with her. In which he was disappointed, for he got only eight hundred. Being of a romantic-commercial nature, he never forgave her, but always treated her with the most elegant courtesy. To seehim peel and prepare an apple for her was an exquisite sight.

Set during World War I, the narrative delves into the complexities of human relationships through the lives of Nellie March and Jill Banford, who share a secluded life on a poultry farm. Their routine is disrupted by the arrival of Henry Grenfel, a young soldier seeking his grandfather’s legacy. His presence ignites a tumultuous triangle of desire and dread, forcing the characters to confront societal norms and the fragile nature of personal freedom, all while dealing with the symbolic threat posed by a marauding fox.

Part of mini-book (4 1/8/ x 5 3/8) series of 60 pence volumes issued in response to the Penguin series in 1995, which commemorated its 60th anniversary. Contains two short stories.

Yvette is an innocent rector's daughter. When she meets a handsome gipsy she feels him watching her, acutely aware of her virginity. Half drawn to him and half afraid, it is only when her life is endangered that she finally feels true love. United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love . . . .

Each story in Love Among the Haystacks appears in a new, authoritative text.

With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy, married to a physical and emotional cripple, and embarks on an affair with Mellors, the gamekeeper.