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The three works collected in this volume, all written in 1924, explore the profound effects on protagonists who embark on psychological voyages of liberation. In St Mawr, Lou Witt buys a beautiful, untamable bay stallion and discovers an intense affinity with the horse that she cannot feel with her husband. This superb novella displays Lawrence's mastery of satirical comedy in a scathing depiction of London's fashionable horse riding set. 'The Princess' portrays the intimacy between an aloof woman and her male guide as she travels through New Mexico in search of new experiences, while in 'The Woman who Rode Away' a woman's religious quest in Mexico brings great danger - and astonishing self-discovery.
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D(avid) H(erbert) Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist, story writer, critic, poet and painter, one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature.
James Lasdun has published several books of poetry and fiction including Landscape with Chainsaw (poems) and The Horned Man (a novel). His most recent book is Seven Lies, a novel. He was born in London and now lives in the States, where he teaches creative writing at Princeton and The New School.
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In the latter half of his writing career, dipped way below the standard set by 'The Rainbow' and 'Women in Love'. However, while the novels suffered, the short stories and novellas became more interesting and adventurous, so that Lawrence, successfully bottling the trademark intensity inside more compact forms, wrote some of his best work in his later years. Even the travel writing of 'Sea and Sardinia' (1922) was an accomplished and successful achievement.
All three of these stories typify the qualities of Lawrence's later work: abundant description, interest in leadership and gender roles, complexity of style.
The two short stories, 'The Woman Who Rode Away' and 'The Princess', open and close the book. Both being set in New Mexico (where Lawrence lived on a ranch for a few years) they share descriptive, structural and thematic similiarities, and in some form or other describe a woman's desire for emancipation and liberation. In both cases, Lawrence's presentation of the 'free' woman is layered by a strata of male objectification and chauvanism. However, on a stylistic level, Lawrence's prose is as enveloping as ever. The immensity of the landscape, drawn into Lawrence's imagery, is a joy to read.
But the real standout of the book is undoubtedly the novella, 'St. Mawr'. Thematically, the book contrasts the opulence of West London with the historical beauty of rural England, which is represented symbolically by the horse, St. Mawr. Considering Lawrence never returned to England after the war, it's an incredibly detailed and convincing critique of post-war society.
The novella is about much more than satire, however. Lawrence's presentation of the countryside is as rich as anywhere in his canon, and minor characters such as the welsh groom, Lewis, are ambiguous and full of genuine depth. This is clearly a work that Lawrence threw everything into.
Without wishing to spoil the plot, there are certain shifts that will delight readers and also subvert some of the traditional novella rules, identifying Lawrence as a real master of the genre.
By structuring the text with two short stories sandwiched by a novella, Penguin have done a good job in demonstrating the variety, experimentalism and similarities in Lawrence's later work. As a whole, the collection demonstrates the best of his writing in the mid-20s, New Mexico years. Read this before going onto the laborious 'Plumed Serpent'.
All three of these stories typify the qualities of Lawrence's later work: abundant description, interest in leadership and gender roles, complexity of style.
The two short stories, 'The Woman Who Rode Away' and 'The Princess', open and close the book. Both being set in New Mexico (where Lawrence lived on a ranch for a few years) they share descriptive, structural and thematic similiarities, and in some form or other describe a woman's desire for emancipation and liberation. In both cases, Lawrence's presentation of the 'free' woman is layered by a strata of male objectification and chauvanism. However, on a stylistic level, Lawrence's prose is as enveloping as ever. The immensity of the landscape, drawn into Lawrence's imagery, is a joy to read.
But the real standout of the book is undoubtedly the novella, 'St. Mawr'. Thematically, the book contrasts the opulence of West London with the historical beauty of rural England, which is represented symbolically by the horse, St. Mawr. Considering Lawrence never returned to England after the war, it's an incredibly detailed and convincing critique of post-war society.
The novella is about much more than satire, however. Lawrence's presentation of the countryside is as rich as anywhere in his canon, and minor characters such as the welsh groom, Lewis, are ambiguous and full of genuine depth. This is clearly a work that Lawrence threw everything into.
Without wishing to spoil the plot, there are certain shifts that will delight readers and also subvert some of the traditional novella rules, identifying Lawrence as a real master of the genre.
By structuring the text with two short stories sandwiched by a novella, Penguin have done a good job in demonstrating the variety, experimentalism and similarities in Lawrence's later work. As a whole, the collection demonstrates the best of his writing in the mid-20s, New Mexico years. Read this before going onto the laborious 'Plumed Serpent'.
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