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England My England

Author
D. H. Lawrence
Series
Timeless Classics
Language
English
Length
170 pages
ISBN
9781909904743
Published
15 October 2013
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Love
  • Relationships
  • Class conflict
  • English countryside
  • Tradition
  • Modernity
  • Identity
  • Culture
  • Human experience
  • Emotional depth

Description

England My England is a collection of short stories by D. H. Lawrence, set in England during the early 20th century. The stories explore a variety of themes, from love and relationships to class conflict and the changing landscape of the English countryside. In the titular story, "England My England," a German composer named Siegmund waits out the First World War in England, struggling to reconcile his love for his homeland with his admiration for English culture. Other stories include "The Blind Man," which follows the relationship between two sisters and a blind man who comes to stay with them, and "The Horse-Dealer's Daughter," which tells the story of a young woman who must choose between marrying for love or for money. Overall, England My England is a powerful and thought-provoking collection of stories that offer a unique perspective on England and the human experience.

Author

D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) wrote as a prophet of authentic living in an age of machines. Novelist, poet, and essayist, he traced how industrial England suffocated instinct — and how love, nature, and honest desire might restore it. From the coal-country childhood of Sons and Lovers to the contested passion of Lady Chatterley's Lover, his fiction asks what it means to be fully alive when society prefers you obedient.

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