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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 · 287,147 ratings · 17,941 reviews · 1,933 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 129,098 ratings — published 1928 — 1846 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 — 53,946 ratings — published 1913 — 2284 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 — 32,570 ratings — published 1920 — 1883 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 — 20,908 ratings — published 1915 — 1743 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 3.84 avg rating — 6,874 ratings — published 1926 — 28 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 3.44 avg rating — 3,488 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 — 2,837 ratings — published 1923 — 408 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 — 1,853 ratings — published 1964 — 40 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 3.66 avg rating — 1,575 ratings — published 1911 — 89 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 — 1,707 ratings — published 1926 — 308 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

4887 likes

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

3238 likes

“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

2215 likes

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The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

62 votes, 25.7%

A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

53 votes, 22.0%

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

43 votes, 17.8%

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

33 votes, 13.7%

The Dialogue of the Dogs by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

24 votes, 10.0%

The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence

15 votes, 6.2%

So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

11 votes, 4.6%

241 total votes

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