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England, My England and Other Stories (Paperback)
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England, My England and Other Stories (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R218
Discovery Miles 2 180
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With beautiful prose and defined characters, England, My England is
a collection of ten works of short fiction written by the
provocative and controversial author, D.H Lawrence. Many of these
stories are set during and revolve around World War , such as
Wintry Peacock. When her husband goes off to war, a woman finds
herself moving in with her in-laws as she eagerly waits for his
return. Around the time he is meant to come home, a letter arrives
for him, written in French. Sent by the husband's mistress, the
letter details the affair he had, and that the mistress was with
child because of it. Though the letter also warned of the
mistress's plans to move to England with her baby to be with the
husband, the wife was unable to translate the French, leading to a
situation of unfortunate misdirect and miscommunication. Other
stories among this collection focus on the unfair societal
expectations of women. You Touched Me follows the story of an
adopted son and dying patriarch blackmailing an eldest daughter
into marrying the son. Samson and Delilah depicts the complicated
reunion of a husband and wife after the husband had abandoned his
wife and newborn child fifteen years prior. Fannie and Annie
excellently portrays the societal pressure for women to settle for
less as it depicts Fannie, a well-educated woman, returning to her
hometown to marry an unmotivated man who has illicit affairs with
other women. Exploring the opposite perspective of a similar
situation, The Primrose Path inspects the consequences of a man who
lives a fleeting lifestyle-jumping from place to place, job to job,
and woman to woman. Features themes of love, feminism, and
sexuality, D.H Lawrence explores complicated relationships during
the 20th century amid a world war and unjust and harmful social
expectations. England, My England explores issues of society with a
dark and biting tone, creating narratives that are not easily
forgotten, and relate to ever-present human struggles. This edition
of England, My England by D.H Lawrence features a new eye-catching
cover design and is printed in a font that is both modern and
readable to cater to a contemporary audience.
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