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Author: D.H. Lawrence

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Aaron's Rod

D.H. Lawrence

Aaron's Rod is a novel first published in 1922. It is set in post-World War I England and Italy, and stars Aaron Sisson, a working-class man who works in a union in the northern coal mines. But he is also an amateur flutist who dreams of being recognized as a professional musician.

Entangled in a failed marriage and disillusioned with his life, he decides to leave his wife and children and quit his job to embark on a journey of self-discovery and exploration, which takes him to Italy, where he hopes to find a place for himself in a world that has fallen apart.

During his journey, he meets and befriends the writer Rawdon Lilly and, upon arriving in Florence, he enters intellectual and artistic circles, where he discusses various topics with numerous characters who try to influence his outlook on life while he debates the purpose of his existence.

Amores

D.H. Lawrence

Amores is a collection of more than 50 poems published in 1916. The title speaks elegantly of old loves, those that might have been, those desired and those undesired. Lawrence wrote Amores at a crucial time, when he was struggling to relaunch his career after the banning of The Rainbow.

This collection is the first of his forays into free verse. The poems in it are characterized by themes of sensuality, sexuality, frustrated desire and lovers' conflict, with statements about love and its various manifestations.

Some of his poems are: The Wild Common, Monologue Of A Mother, A Baby Running Barefoot, Last Words To Miriam, Restlessness, The End, Drunk, and Snap-Dragon, the latter perhaps the most quoted poem in the volume, in which a snap-dragon flower found in a garden during a lovers' walk becomes both a victim of cruelty and an instrument of intimidation.

England, My England

D.H. Lawrence

England, My England and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by D. H. Lawrence between 1913 and 1921.

In them, the author extols the wonders of rural, pastoral England that have been lost over time due to industrialization and the unhealthy politics of a country at the outbreak of the First World War.

The story is set in the years leading up to the Great War of 1914, considered by some to be an idyllic time of sunshine and peace before everything was shattered by the mechanized war of 1914-1918.

The family is in an idealized setting, deep in the English countryside, but there are snakes in this Garden of Eden. There is conflict between man and wife, accentuated by the accident of a child, and there is a seemingly purposeless life led by the husband. The story vibrates with the eugenic theories popular at the time, but the conflicts are finally resolved by the horror of war.

Fantasia of the Unconscious

D.H. Lawrence

Fantasia of the Unconscious was written in 1922. It is a reflection on the nature of our consciousness and also of the subconscious. Lawrence also refers to his somewhat controversial ideas about the workings of the world, the sex drive, marriage, society and politics.

He also sets out how he believes children should be brought up: not by giving them unconditional love, but by leaving them virtually alone to discover life for themselves, to do so through their own senses and level of consciousness, not those of their parents. This is related to another of his ideas: Don't let other people's ideals supplant your own.

Some of Lawrence's stances may be considered outdated or sexist, especially those relating to gender roles and identity, however, when you consider that it is a work that represents the thinking of a bygone era there is much to reflect on and enjoy.

Sons and Lovers

D.H. Lawrence

Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel, often considered Lawrence's finest achievement. The story begins with Gertrude, a sophisticated woman who ends up marrying a miner and they have 4 children, William, Paul, Arthur and Annie. The marriage is terrible, as her husband is a drunkard and an abuser.

Most of the book focuses on Paul, who as an adult has a stifling relationship with his mother, as she is very demanding, which makes him feel repulsed by her but at the same time afraid to leave her. It also presents us with his emotional conflicts with two very different lovers.

When Paul begins a relationship with Miriam, he resists in part because his mother disapproves. And after pressuring her for a physical relationship, which ends up being unsatisfactory, Paul breaks up with her by becoming intimate with another woman, Clara, but even she cannot keep him and he returns to his mother.