The Complete Short Novels
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Published in one volume, together with “The Ladybird” in 1923, these three short novels reveal Lawrence exploring the new form, developing its potential and using it, above all, to advance his ideas on leadership and male supremacy. The four novellas that followed, including “The Virgin and The Gypsy” and “The Princess”, achieve a far greater beauty and vitality, and in “S….Read More
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