The Fox; The Captain’s Doll; The Ladybird

9780140810332

Author: D.H. Lawrence

Contains three books: the first charts the influence of a wounded prisoner upon the wife of an English officer; the second looks at cunning and how it disrupts two women; while the final probes the relationship between a Scottish soldier in occupied Germany and the woman he finds fascinating…..Read More

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