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D.H. Lawrence

Born

in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

September 11, 1885

Died

March 02, 1930

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Travel

Influences

Otto Gross, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Sigmund Freud, ...more

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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English writer of the 20th century, whose prolific and diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism, and personal letters. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, human sexuality and instinct.

Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage." At the time ...more

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Average rating: 3.58 · 300,613 ratings · 19,792 reviews · 2,087 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 136,169 ratings — published 1928 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,443 ratings — published 1913 — 2373 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,309 ratings — published 1920 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,536 ratings — published 1915 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rocking-Horse Winner 3.83 avg rating — 7,126 ratings — published 1926 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virgin and the Gipsy 3.43 avg rating — 3,801 ratings — published 1930 — 394 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fox 3.42 avg rating — 3,139 ratings — published 1923 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,887 ratings — published 1964 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odour of Chrysanthemums 3.67 avg rating — 1,734 ratings — published 1911 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plumed Serpent 3.30 avg rating — 1,768 ratings — published 1926 — 316 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by D.H. Lawrence (?)

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

tags: life, living, philosophy, women

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“We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

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“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”
― D.H. Lawrence

tags: broken-heart, d-h-lawrence, love, pomegranate

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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

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52 votes, 21.9%

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

42 votes, 17.7%

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

32 votes, 13.5%

The Dialogue of the Dogs by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

23 votes, 9.7%

The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence

15 votes, 6.3%

So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

11 votes, 4.6%

237 total votes

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