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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 · 303,812 ratings · 20,231 reviews · 2,084 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 137,788 ratings — published 1928 — 2097 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 — 55,787 ratings — published 1913 — 990 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 — 33,484 ratings — published 1920 — 1912 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 — 21,693 ratings — published 1915 — 1811 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 — 7,191 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 — 3,874 ratings — published 1930 — 395 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 — 3,215 ratings — published 1923 — 411 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 — 1,897 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 — 1,779 ratings — published 1911 — 96 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 — 1,782 ratings — published 1926 — 5 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

4924 likes

“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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Polls

August 2023 New School Classics Poll

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, 1994, 386 pages

50 votes, 24.0%

City of Glass by Paul Auster, 1985, 203 pages

47 votes, 22.6%

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, 1942, 461 pages

34 votes, 16.3%

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman, 1985, 400 pages.

29 votes, 13.9%

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, 1913, 654 pages

28 votes, 13.5%

Little Big Man by Thomas Berger, 1964, 422 pages

10 votes, 4.8%

William: An Englishman by Cicely Hamilton, 1919, 250 pages

10 votes, 4.8%

208 total votes

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