- Hardcover: 561 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; New Ed edition (31 Aug 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 052130704X
- ISBN-13: 978-0521307048
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,887,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is the first critical edition of The Boy in the Bush, a novel whose unlikely genesis has been surrounded in mystery and the subject of claim and counter-claim. A systematic study of all the extant textual documents has revealed a process of composition and revision which qualifies the novel to be treated unequivocally as part of the Lawrence canon. At Lawrence's suggestion an Australian nurse and part-time author, Mollie Skinner (whom he had met in 1922), wrote a tale set in late nineteenth-century Western Australia about a newly-arrived young Englishman's reactions to Perth and the outback. Lawrence's complete rewriting converted her production into an ambitious, powerful novel. The reading text here established eliminates all such instances of censorship and strips away the thousands of regularisings and miscopyings introduced by typists and typesetters. Based on Lawrence's autograph manuscript the text meticulously incorporates his subsequent revisions in the typescripts and proofs.
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Lawrence's rewriting of a tale by the part-time author Mollie Skinner, converted her production into an ambitious, powerful novel. A study of all the extant textual documents has revealed a process of composition and revision which qualifies the novel to be treated unequivocally as part of the Lawrence canon.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book generated much discussion and debate. Some loved it, others struggled with it - though no-one absolutely hated it. The expectation of some of our group was that DH Lawrence would be heavy going - some were pleasantly surprised, others found it heavy going! The punctuation was unusual and dialect can be difficult to read. It was in the typical `flowery' style of Lawrence. If you don't like it you can skip it was one suggestion but this wasn't a great solution for everyone.
One member of our group put the reading challenge into perspective:
"It was one of those books where you would read a lot of pages, then think am I enjoying this? Answer: No - then something punches you in the face and you are off again reading with enthusiasm."
The story is about - Jack - who the group liked but who lost a lot of the sympathy at the end. Jack was:
- Brought up by aunts who bordered on cruel to him
- Sent to Australia as a young man by his family
- Virtually disowned by his father
The story is a fascinating social history. It is rich in `stuff' to learn and try to understand. The original manuscript by Mollie Skinner may not be as `well' written but clearly provided a solid, historical, foundation for Lawrence to build on.
Would we recommend it? Split - if you can get a copy then try it for yourself.
One member of our group put the reading challenge into perspective:
"It was one of those books where you would read a lot of pages, then think am I enjoying this? Answer: No - then something punches you in the face and you are off again reading with enthusiasm."
The story is about - Jack - who the group liked but who lost a lot of the sympathy at the end. Jack was:
- Brought up by aunts who bordered on cruel to him
- Sent to Australia as a young man by his family
- Virtually disowned by his father
The story is a fascinating social history. It is rich in `stuff' to learn and try to understand. The original manuscript by Mollie Skinner may not be as `well' written but clearly provided a solid, historical, foundation for Lawrence to build on.
Would we recommend it? Split - if you can get a copy then try it for yourself.
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Vintage Lawrence
10 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
I had slight apprehension as to this novel being completely part of the Lawrence canon or not. True, it is not among the greatest Lawrence novels, such as "Women in Love", "Sons and lovers" or "The Plumed Serpent", nonetheless greatly enjoyable yarn about the West Australian outback in the late colonial era, and, best of all, completely and unmistakably -Lawrence.
True enough the novel drags now and again, and it is gauche in its Victorian framework, but there's no one like Lawrence to bring the understanding of the deeper currents of life. So, definitely worth your time. Even a sentence, a single thought of his, can make for an outstanding achievement (even if 90 previous pages were a bit of a drag!):
"Perhaps death, after a life of real courage, is like a happy camping expedition in the unknown, before a new start."
True enough the novel drags now and again, and it is gauche in its Victorian framework, but there's no one like Lawrence to bring the understanding of the deeper currents of life. So, definitely worth your time. Even a sentence, a single thought of his, can make for an outstanding achievement (even if 90 previous pages were a bit of a drag!):
"Perhaps death, after a life of real courage, is like a happy camping expedition in the unknown, before a new start."
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Minor Work
9 May 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The Boy in the Bush is a minor work being a collaboration between Lawrence & Mollie Skinner. It is still a interesting read containing "Laurentian" ideas more fully worked out in his other novels.
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