Description
Book SynopsisD. H. Lawrence's best-known and most powerful late fictions, The Virgin and the Gipsy and The Escaped Cock, are presented in this volume. Both novellas deal with the themes of escape and sexual awakening, which are echoed in the four short stories and three fragments also collected in this authoritative edition.
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Table of ContentsGeneral editor's preface; Chronology; Introduction; The Virgin and the Gipsy; 'Things'; 'Rawdon's Roof'; 'Mother and Daughter'; The Escaped Cock; 'The Blue Moccasins'; Appendix I: The Escaped Cock: early versions; Appendix II: 'The Man Who Was Through with the World'; Appendix III: 'The Undying Man'; Appendix IV: 'The Blue Moccasins': early versions; Appendix V: 'The Woman Who Wanted to Disappear'; Explanatory notes; Textual apparatus; Note on pounds, shillings and pence.
