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The Plumed Serpent

Author
D. H. Lawrence
Read by
Jonathan Ellis
Language
English
Length
17 hours 6 minutes
ISBN
9781802563658
Published
11 March 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Revolution
  • Cultural conflict
  • Power dynamics
  • Political upheaval
  • National identity
  • Individual identity
  • Desire
  • Allegiance
  • Leadership
  • Love

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"The Plumed Serpent" by D.H. Lawrence is a powerful exploration of spirituality, nationalism, and revolution set in post-revolutionary Mexico. Kate Leslie, an Irishwoman, becomes entangled with Don Cipriano and Don Ramón, leaders reviving the ancient cult of Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent. They aim to unite Mexico through a spiritual renaissance rooted in indigenous traditions. As Kate wrestles with her loyalty to Western values and fascination for this new movement, the novel delves into themes of faith, identity, and cultural transformation. This visionary work questions the clash between modernity and ancestral beliefs.

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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