D.H. Lawrence

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born

September 11, 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, The United Kingdom

died

March 02, 1930

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Travel

influences

Otto Gross, Aldous Huxley, Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Lev Shestov ...more

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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English writer of the 20th century, whose prolific and diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, human sexuality and instinct.

Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage." At the time o...more

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Books by D.H. Lawrence

Average rating: 3.52 · 57,462 ratings · 3,268 reviews · 303 distinct works

	Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, Doris Lessing (Introduction), Chester Brown (Illustrations) 3.45 avg rating — 24,346 ratings — published 1928 — 258 editions	My rating:
	Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, David B. Ellis (Introduction) 3.51 avg rating — 13,167 ratings — published 1913 — 196 editions	My rating:
	Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence, Dover Thrift Editions 3.58 avg rating — 8,379 ratings — published 1920 — 149 editions	My rating:
	The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence, Daphne Merkin (Introduction) 3.62 avg rating — 3,906 ratings — published 1915 — 94 editions	My rating:
	The Rocking Horse Winner 3.87 avg rating — 1,028 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Virgin and the Gipsy & Other Stories 3.56 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 1930 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence 3.93 avg rating — 540 ratings — published 1964 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Fox 3.43 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 1923 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Selected Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence, James Wood (Editor) 3.87 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 1971 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Plumed Serpent 3.37 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 1926 — 25 editions	My rating:

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Series by D.H. Lawrence

Brangwen Family (2 books)
by D.H. Lawrence, Dover Thrift Editions

3.59 avg rating — 12,285 ratings

Quotes by D.H. Lawrence

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

tags: life , living , philosophy , women

1,061 people liked it

“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.”
― D.H. Lawrence

276 people liked it

“Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe. The others have a certain stickiness, they stick to the mass.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

tags: loneliness

207 people liked it

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

9 votes, 42.9%

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

8 votes, 38.1%

God's Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell

2 votes, 9.5%

Robbers on the Road by Melvin Burgess

2 votes, 9.5%

21 total votes

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