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Title: Selected Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by D. H. Lawrence ISBN: 0-486-27794-1 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Rocking Horse Winner
Comment: D.H. Lawrence was a superb short story writer, and The Rocking Horse Winner is perhaps one of the greatest short stories ever written. The only other short story that is its equal is The Bet by Anton Chekhov. I would say more but that would be spoiling it for you. Let it suffice to say that Lawrence is now a much overlooked writer, however, his message of how modern industry is destroying all that is vital and natural in mankind is as poignant today as when he first wrote about it almost 100 years ago! So what's new?
Rating: 2
Summary: SO? WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT??
Comment: I RECENTLY TRIED TO 'GET THROUGH' VOLUME 1 OF LAWRENCES SHORT STORIES. I LOVE HIS WRITING. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND FILLED WITH WILD SENSUAL IMAGES. HOWEVER, WHEN I FINISH EACH STORY, I WONDER: SO WHAT??? WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT??? EACH STORY SEEMS TO BE SIMPLY A SLICE OF LIFE, MANY DEALING WITH MAN/WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS. BUT AT THE END OF EACH, I DID NOT FEEL THAT I HAD LEARNED OR GAINED ANYTHING FROM THE READING. ALSO, MOST DID NOT HOLD MY ATTENTION - EXCEPT FOR THE BEAUTIFUL USE OF LANGUAGE AND SENSE IMAGERY.
Rating: 3
Summary: Worth A Read
Comment: Honestly, I've never been an avid reader of DH Lawrence. This is not to say, I dislike him as a writer. Not true. The literature that I have read by him, most I've found interesting and good. It had been a while since I read any DH, until I picked up SELECTED SHORT STORIES. I picked it up primarily for the story "The Prussian Officer." I wasn't disappointed with the short story at all. It's quite a homoerotic story about a Captain and his subordinate, telling of DH and his other work in many ways. The story is compelling, yet tragic, which I liked. The other stories that followed didn't quite compare. I found the other's dry and verbose (especially "Daughters of the Vicar"). I'd recommend this collection just for the "The Prussian Officer."
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Title: Lady Chatterley's Lover: Complete and Unexpurgated 1928 Orioli Edition by D. H. Lawrence ISBN: 0553212621 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1983 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Snake and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by D. H. Lawrence, Robert Blaisdell ISBN: 0486406474 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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Title: The Rainbow (Modern Library Classics) by D. H. Lawrence, Keith Cushman ISBN: 0375759654 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 12 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Dubliners (Dover Thrift Editions) by James Joyce ISBN: 0486268705 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: Erotic Works of D. H. Lawrence by D. H. Lawrence ISBN: 0517643049 Publisher: Gramercy Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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