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by D.H. Lawrence (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (30 Nov 2000)
  • ISBN-10: 0140623019
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140623017
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 3.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Set in the rural midlands of England, this tale recounts the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter Anna as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them.

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Kate Flint is University Lecturer in Victorian and Modern English Literature at the University of Oxford. She is the author of The Woman Reader, 1837-1914 (OUP, 1993), and has edited World's Classics editions of Dickens, Trollope, and Woolf. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite D.H. Lawrence, 10 Jul 1998
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Lawrence's fame (or notoriety) rests on his sexual frankness, but what a lot of readers overlook is how well he wrote about parent-child relationships and family dynamics. The beginning of this novel is absolutely brilliant: Tom Brangwen and the Polish widow marry in haste, then find that they still haven't worked out their relationship. Her young daughter is an uneasy third party, and the child's sensitivity to the unease in their household is beautifully described, as well as her stepfather's gentle efforts to befriend her. As Lawrence continues the family history, his usual obsessions surface. But in general, it's a good story: sex is an organic part of his characters' lives rather than the mainspring of the whole plot (as in some of his other novels). And the characters come across as multi-dimensional human beings rather than talking heads (or other organs) for Lawrence's comments on life. A good novel for people who "don't like D.H. Lawrence."
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3.0 out of 5 stars No complaints about storyline - but book is full of typos!, 17 Aug 2000
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This classic DH Lawrence story is full of his usual passion and beautiful descriptive passages about the surroundings and the characters, however this particular version - although admittedly cheap - is chock full of typo's. The letter "U" seems to be universally replaced with "n", and there are some amusing spellings which do alter the context at times such as "buffer" instead of "butter"! But on the whole it doesn't spoil the storyline - except for making me chuckle during a scene of anguish! I'm not sure what Lawrence would have thought about this version!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Most successful Lawrence, 15 Mar 2008
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More passionate that Women in Love, much deeper than Lady Chatterley, I think this is Lawrence's most successful novel. While ostensibly chronicling the moves from an agricultural to industrialised society, he plumbs the emotional depths of his characters. Frequently viewed as old-fashioned, Lawrence captures all the quivering, trembling, tentative life inside his characters and somehow paints it on the page. I first read this when I was seventeen just before going to university to read English and it left me blown away. I've since avaoided re-reading in case I'm disappointed, but have finally succumbed - and no, I'm not! Not a tube read as you need to concentrate and allow yourself to be sucked into its emotional depths but it's well worth it.

ps. What a very odd cover Penguin have chosen for the re-release?
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Lawrence is not fashionable at present, perhaps because he is just too good, and too gifted. Hardly any other English writer, perhaps only Thomas Hardy, comes near him in his... Read more
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