The Complete Short Stories: Volume One, Two & Three
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: phoenix ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: djs - priced clipped.
Few writers have captured the raw undercurrents of human desire, class tension, and the natural world with the piercing intensity of D.H. Lawrence, and The Complete Short Stories — presented here across three volumes in the prestigious Phoenix Edition — stands as the definitive testament to his mastery of the form. Spanning decades of his literary output, this collection chronicles the lives of miners, farmers, lovers, and outsiders navigating the harsh landscapes of industrial England and the sun-drenched Mediterranean, each story rendered with Lawrence's signature blend of visceral immediacy and psychological depth. Lawrence's short fiction distills the same thematic preoccupations that animate his celebrated novels — the conflict between instinct and civilization, the redemptive power of authentic human connection, and the spiritual desolation of the modern age — into tightly wrought, unforgettable narratives. His prose, at once lyrical and brutally direct, illuminates the interior lives of characters often dismissed by polite society, giving voice to passion, alienation, and transcendence in equal measure. Together, these three volumes constitute an essential library of 20th-century English literature, and any reader who opens the first page will find it impossible to set the last volume down.
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, William Heinemann Ltd.
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: phoenix ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: djs - priced clipped.
Few writers have captured the raw undercurrents of human desire, class tension, and the natural world with the piercing intensity of D.H. Lawrence, and The Complete Short Stories — presented here across three volumes in the prestigious Phoenix Edition — stands as the definitive testament to his mastery of the form. Spanning decades of his literary output, this collection chronicles the lives of miners, farmers, lovers, and outsiders navigating the harsh landscapes of industrial England and the sun-drenched Mediterranean, each story rendered with Lawrence's signature blend of visceral immediacy and psychological depth. Lawrence's short fiction distills the same thematic preoccupations that animate his celebrated novels — the conflict between instinct and civilization, the redemptive power of authentic human connection, and the spiritual desolation of the modern age — into tightly wrought, unforgettable narratives. His prose, at once lyrical and brutally direct, illuminates the interior lives of characters often dismissed by polite society, giving voice to passion, alienation, and transcendence in equal measure. Together, these three volumes constitute an essential library of 20th-century English literature, and any reader who opens the first page will find it impossible to set the last volume down.