The Prussian Officer, D.H. Lawrence
The Prussian Officer, D.H. Lawrence
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The Prussian Officer

Author: D.H. Lawrence

Narrator: Jill Tanner

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/31/2012

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Classic


Synopsis

Because of his frank and honest portrayal of human sexuality in the controversial works for which he is best known, e.g. "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "Women in Love", D. H. Lawrence was not widely respected in his day. In fact at the time of his death he was considered little more than a pornographer. However E. M. Forester challenged this portrayal calling Lawrence "The greatest imaginative novelist of our generation", and with his extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization, Lawrence has ultimately secured his position as one of the greatest writers in the English language. "The Prussian Officer and Other Stories" is a collection of his short stories first published in 1914 which exhibit this great literary talent. The stories of this volume include the following tales: The Prussian Officer, The Thorn in the Flesh, Daughters of the Vicar, A Fragment of Stained Glass, The Shades of Spring, Second Best, The Shadow in the Rose Garden, Goose Fair, The White Stocking, A Sick Collier, The Christening, and Odour of Chrysanthemums.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zanna on March 03, 2016

I seem to have a problem with Lawrence. Since hearing about his wife-beating and general abusiveness in Katherine Mansfield's journals I have an unsympathetic attitude to him and can't help but judge his work less kindly (please DO feel free to FLAG this review) In the past I've loved some of Lawrenc......more

Goodreads review by Aniek on September 05, 2022

I am just so glad to have finished this. I usually like short stories but unfortunately I didn’t have a good time reading this at all. There’s just something about Lawrence’s writing that really bothers me. It’s difficult to put a finger on exactly what that is, but one thing I did notice is that I......more

Goodreads review by Dan on June 24, 2011

Early writings, interesting but inferior to his best. Recommended for the reader interested in the development of a fine writer or the emergence of Lawrence's style; don't miss the introduction by Brian Finney, which gives this book rating its forth star.......more

Goodreads review by Robin on December 12, 2020

Only someone with a little cruelty in them could write so vividly about cruelty. It made me shudder. I loved it.......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on July 31, 2015

Superb, each is like a shining jewel of literary revelation. Some say that aside from the major works, Lawrence is 'difficult', but I think what's more true is that Lawrence just isn't fashionable these days, and in the major works you simply cannot deny his genius, even if you wanted to, and were i......more