DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE

Inválido de guerra, Sir Clifford Chatterley lleva junto a su esposa Connie una existencia acomodada, aparentemente plácida, rodeada de los placeres burgueses de las reuniones sociales y regida por los correctos terminos que deben ser propios de todo buen matrimonio. Connie, sin embargo, no puede evitar sentir un vacio vital. La irrupcion en su vida de Mellors, el guardabosque de la mansion familiar, la pondra en contacto con las energias mas primarias e instintivas y relacionadas con la vida. La fuerte corriente relacionada con la energia sexual que recorre casi toda la obra de D. H Lawrence encuentra una de sus maximas expresiones en" El amante de Lady Chatterley" , novela que se vio envuelta en la polemica y el escandalo desde el momento de su aparicion.

David Herbert Lawrences "The Plumed Serpent" is the story of an Aztec pagan revolution that spreads through Mexico during the time of the Mexican Revolution (the 1910s). Published in 1926, it also has themes of anti-capitalism, anti-Americanism, romanticism, nationalism, and primal and traditional roles for men and women.The protagonist is 40-year-old Kate Leslie, the widow of an Irish revolutionary. Shes not particularly close to her grown children from her first husband, and seeking solitude and change in the midst of her grief she settles temporarily in Mexico.Soon she meets Don Ramon Carrasco, an intellectual whos attempting to rid the country of Christianity and capitalism and replace them with the cult of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl (the plumed serpent) and Mexican nationalism. Hes assisted in his vision by Don Cipriano Viedma, a general in the Mexican army. Ramon provides the leadership, poetry, and propaganda that helps the movement take off, and Cipriano lends a military counterpoint...

David Herbert Lawrence is considered one of the greatest English writers of modernity. His novel "Sons and Lovers", first published in 1913, was derided upon publication, but today is often considered his best work. "Sons and Lovers" takes place in England and tells the story of Gertrude Morel, a young woman full of life and ambition who struggles to self-actualise in the early twentieth-century society of Britain, which squelches discourse between women. Morel reacts by becoming a highly perceptive wallflower, pretending to enjoy a trivial social existence in order to observe guests at parties. When Morel commits to a relationship, she learns about the many pitfalls and limitations of claiming and becoming accountable to a life path. She ages and has several sons who, in their relationships with her, both repeat and create their own problematic patterns.Seen from another perspective "Sons and Lovers" also tells the story of a man so emotionally connected to and influenced by his mother that he is unable to form lasting relationships when he encounters other women.

Una donna giovane e insoddisfatta lascia marito e figli e si avventura da sola sulle montagne messicane per incontrare gli indiani discendenti da Montezuma e dai re aztechi che le abitano e conoscere i loro dei. Le basta imboccare un piccolo sentiero per inoltrarsi in un altro mondo, in un clima rarefatto e contagioso. Incontrera i suoi indiani: sinuosi, insidiosi, femminei, feroci; spaventosamente impersonali e, come quel mondo, inumani.

Publicada en 1916, "Mujeres enamoradas" es una obra maestra del autor británico David Herbert Lawrence. Se trata de una historia donde la sexualidad y el amor son el motor principal a través de las relaciones de dos hermanas con dos hombres muy diferentes. En "Mujeres enamoradas" Lawrence explora su naturaleza a traves de la historia de las hermanas Brangwen -Ursula y Gudrun- y sus relaciones con Rupert Birkiny Gerald Crich. Los cuatro se enfrentan en su modo de pensar, sus pasiones y creencias mientras buscan una vida completa y sincera. Lawrence habia empezado en 1913 una novela que iba a titularse "Las hermanas" y que, con el tiempo y despues de varias versiones, se convertiria en dos, "El arco iris" y "Mujeres enamoradas".Por tanto, "Mujeres enamoradas" es la continuacion de "El arco iris" que, acusado de obscenidad en 1915, habia sido destruido. Como consecuencia, la primera edicion de "Mujeres enamoradas" hubo de publicarse en America en 1920, de manera privada y solo para suscriptores. Cuando en 1921 se publico en Londres, un critico califico a este clasico contemporaneo como una epica del vicio.

First published in 1911, The White Peacock is the first novel of David Herbert Lawrence. "The White Peacock" is both a fascinating precursor of the more famous novels to come and a moving and challenging book in its own right.The White Peacock follows a group of young friends living in the English midlands. The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsall and focuses in particular on the relationship of his sister Lettie with two admirers, the more handsome and down to earth George and the more effete gentleman Leslie.The novel is a compelling exploration of the estrangements of modern life. Focusing on the three relationships - one destructively stillborn, one disastrously unfulfilling and one passionately unspoken - Lawrence exploits the language and conventions of the rural tradition to foreground mans alienation from the natural world. His evocation of the vanishing countryside of the English midlands, as soon through the eyes of the effete Cyril Beardsall, is both vivid and arresting, and as the novel draws towards its tragic conclusion Lawrence handles his themes with an increasingly visionary power.

¿Qué querían y deseaban? Algo es seguro:querían que les hicieran el amor con música.Querían que el hombre no fuera una criatura tosca, que va directo a su objetivo y punto.Querían que sonaran acordes celestiales mientras él las tomaba de la mano, y que un nuevo movimiento musical estallara cuando les rodeara la cintura con el brazo.La música iría in crescendo con infinitas variaciones, a medida que hicieran el amor y avanzaran de instancia en instancia, en un baile exquisito, música y amor unidos inextricablemente, como las dos personas.

Lamante di Lady Chatterley, scritto da David Herbert Lawrence nel 1928, narra la storia di Constance, meglio conosciuta come "Connie" nel libro, una donna intellettuale, socialmente progressista e molto passionale della media borghesia scozzese. Sposata in Inghilterra con Clifford Chatterley, un uomo della bassa aristocrazia e molto intelligente, nel corso del romanzo Connie maturera sia sessualmente che come donna; col tempo arrivera a disprezzare e ad allontanarsi dal debole e impotente marito, a causa della freddezza e dei comportamenti di lui, al punto da iniziare una relazione dapprima con lincostante irlandese Michaelis, poi con Oliver Mellors, il guardiacaccia della tenuta di famiglia. Cosi facendo Lady Chatterley si allontana da quel freddo e industriale mondo che la circonda, regno dellaristocrazia e degli intellettuali, per ritirarsi insieme al suo amante in una vita governata dalla tenerezza, dalla sensualita e dallappagamento sessuale. I temi del sesso, ed il loro intrecciarsi con i rapporti di classe, sono trattati con un verismo senza precedenti per la letteratura del tempo; il romanzo suscito un clamoroso scandalo, a tal punto che pote essere pubblicato in Inghilterra in versione integrale solamente nel 1960.

First published in London in 1914, The Prussian Officer by David Herbert Lawrence is part of his collection The Prussian Officer and Other Stories and it is considered by some critics as one of the worlds masterpieces of short fiction.The plot of the story is so simple and its two characters are so stark as to be archetypal. An aristocratic Prussian captain becomes obsessed with his uncomplicated young orderly but deals with the obsession by repressing it, humiliating and physically mistreating the young man...a situation that will have dramatic consequences.The Prussian Officer is noted for its representation of sexual repression, and the emotional toll it can take on the body, mind, and spirit. Lawrence uses three repeated motifs in the story to build tension between the characters: neck, dryness or thirst, and the colour red. These motifs circle around each other, expressing the unspoken desire of the Captain and the building violence between the two men. In The Prussian Officer, sexual repression is fatal for both the object of affection and the man repressing his feelings.

Written in 1921 and first published by Martin Secker in March 1923 in a volume with "The Ladybird" and "The Fox", "The Captains Doll" is a short story or novella by the English author David Herbert Lawrence. Set in Germany, after World War I, the story chronicles the journey of fallen German aristocrat Countess Johanna Hannele zu Rassentlow as she dates Captain Alexander, a Scottish officer of unusual philosophy. The relationship develops into one of David Herbert Lawrences idiosyncratic wicked triangles. The German protagonist makes dolls and is very good at doing so. She makes a doll of her Scottish friend, and one day, a British lady comes and wishes to buy it. The soldiers wife. The intimate relationship between Captain Alexander and Hannele is intruded upon when the captains wife Evangeline travels to Germany suspicious of foul play...."The Captains Doll" was the basis of the 1983 TV film of the same name with Jeremy Irons as the Captain.

"Kangaroo" is David Herbert Lawrences eighth novel, set in Australia. He wrote the first draft in just forty-five days while living south of Sydney, in 1922, and revised it three months later in New Mexico. The descriptions of the country are vivid and sympathetic and the book fuses lightly disguised autobiography with an exploration of political ideas at an immensely personal level.

First published in 1912, "The Trespasser" is the second novel written by David Herbert Lawrence only one year after his acclaimed debut "The White Peacock". Originally titled The Saga of Siegmund, "The Trespasser" is a romantic story without a happy resolution. The novel drew upon the experiences of a friend of Lawrence, Helen Corke, and her adulterous relationship with a married man that ended with his suicide.

"The Virgin and the Gipsy" was discovered in France after David Herbert Lawrences death in 1930. Immediately recognised as a masterpiece in which Lawrence had distilled and purified his ideas about sexuality and morality, "The Virgin and the Gipsy" has become a classic and is one of Lawrences most electrifying short novels.Set in a small village in the English countryside, this is the story of a secluded, sensitive rectors daughter who yearns for meaning beyond the life to which she seems doomed. When she meets a handsome young gipsy whose life appears different from hers in every way, she is immediately smitten and yet still paralysed by her own fear and social convention. Not until a natural catastrophe suddenly, miraculously sweeps away the world as she knew it does a new world of passion open for her. Lawrences spirit is infused by all his tenderness, passion, and knowledge of the human soul.(Source: goodreads.com)

That David Herbert Lawrence is actually a man of realistic, insightful fiction shows best in his novels. And when it comes to short fiction, he tends to preserve not only the essence of his fictional wordsmithy but also the style. First published in 1922, "England, My England", a collection of ten short stories by Lawrence is an example.Most of the stories were written against the backdrop of the World War I, taking war and its destruction as its main concern.If you are a Lawrence fan, this book will surely not fail in touching you. If you havent read his fiction before, you may be left wondering or confused at times. Yet, all will be able to see how Lawrence breaks away from the traditional style of story-telling of his time.

First published in 1929, David Herbert Lawrences novella "The Man Who Died" was originally a story titled The Escaped Cock. Later, Lawrence added a second part, and his publishers changed the title to "The Man Who Died". In his last novel, published less than a year before his untimely death at the age of forty-five, Lawrence takes up the theme of Christs resurrection and his final days on Earth. Lawrence recounts Christs agonising journey from death back to life with an alarmingly profane realism, depicting the tale from the moment of his initial painful awakening to his eventual redemptive sexual relationship with the priestess of the pagan goddess Isis.The story expands beyond its Christian roots to explore and embrace Lawrences abiding faith in the life-force apparent in every aspect of the natural world. For his final work, Lawrence has encapsulated a lifetime of extraordinary vision into one profound and exquisite parable.

Éperdu, en fuite après un grave incident, un soldat se réfugie chez la timide servante à laquelle il est fiancé. D''abord partagée entre son sens du devoir et son amour, la jeune fille finit par s''a