Novels
The White Peacock (1911) is Lawrence's first novel.
Sons and Lovers (1913) is generally regarded as his first masterpiece.
The Rainbow (1915) and Women in Love (written in 1916-17, released in 1920) were originally designed as one effort, separated by a few major cataclysms like the banning of The Rainbow and the First World War. Lawrence was writing ahead of his time, and at times he went further than he was willing to let his audience see. He omitted the planned "Prologue" chapter to Women in Love from the final edition, for example. That is now avilable in the Penguin 1995 edition as part of "Appendix III," and adds some intriguing insights to Birkin, Gerald, and Hermione as they were originally conceived.
The "Leadership Series": an odd collection.
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) is his most famous novel, perhaps for the four- letter words, or for the lenght of time that is was banned... until 1959 in the United States, 1960 in Great Britain.
Short Stories and Novellas
Lawrence's short stories offer brilliant flashes. He can pack so much into such little space, and without some of the repetitive style that marks his longer works. We can mention the most importants:
"Odour of Chrysanthemus"
"A Modern Lover"
"England, My England".
"The Horse-Dealer's Daughter"
"Tickets, Please"
"Fanny and Annie"
"Jimmy and the Desperate Woman"
"The Woman Who Rode Away"
"Things"
"The Man Who Loved Islands"
Novellas such as The Fox (1918-20) and St Mawr (1925) both achieve a dream-like,hypnotic feel.
Poetry
Some of Lawrence's poetry is among the best in the English language.
"The Wild Common"
"Bei Hennef"
"We Are Transmitters"
"Name The Gods"
"There Are No Gods"
"Whales Weep Not!"
In "Dark Satanic Mills" he pays homage to his great Romantic predecessor William Blake.
Essays and Non-Fiction
"Sea and Sardinia" is like a flickering piece of cinema. Other travel essays include:
"Twilight In Italy"
"Mornings In Mexico"
"Etruscan Places"
"Studies In Classic American Literature" reveal as much about Lawrence as the American authors he discusses.
"Fantasia of the Unconscious" has some interesting thoughts on trees, education, and the roles of fathers and mothers.
"Apocalypse" is a sporadically brilliant, late treatise, using the Book of Revelation in the Bible as its jumping-off point.
"The Letters of D.H.Lawrence are many volumes, in thir entirety.
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