{"product_id":"2026200011458-secondhand-the-prussian-officer","title":"The Prussian Officer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of psychological tension and raw human emotion, The Prussian Officer is D.H. Lawrence's landmark short story collection that plunges readers into a world of suppressed desire, class conflict, and explosive violence. The title story follows a German military captain and his young orderly, whose fraught relationship spirals into an obsessive, destructive power struggle set against the rigid hierarchies of pre-WWI Prussian military life — a world where unspoken feelings detonate with devastating consequence.\n\nLawrence's prose is electrifying in its sensory precision, laying bare the psychological undercurrents that flow beneath the surface of everyday life. First published in 1914, this collection — Lawrence's first — announced the arrival of a bold new literary voice unafraid to confront the primal forces of desire, identity, and social constraint. Each of the twelve stories in the collection strips back civilised propriety to reveal the turbulent inner lives of miners, soldiers, farmers, and lovers in the English Midlands and beyond. Whether you are a devoted admirer of Lawrence or a newcomer to his work, this collection leaves an indelible mark — and raises the question of just how much of human nature can ever truly be contained.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130844520667,"sku":"2026200011458-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c5a13557-3d94-46d7-963c-5b167f06df3b.png?v=1786591077","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011458-secondhand-the-prussian-officer","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}