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England, My England

D. H. Lawrence

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. . . till flames actually appear.

The reason for this reluctance to dismount is that the nights are howlingly cold, black, and windswept, and a car is a haven of refuge. From village to village the miners travel, for a change of cinema, of girl, of pub. The trams are desperately packed. Who is going to risk himself in the black gulf outside, to wait perhaps an hour for another tram, then to see the forlorn notice 'Depot Only', because there is something wrong! Or to greet a unit of three bright cars all so tight with people that they sail past with a howl of derision. Trams that pass in the night.

This, the most dangerous tram-service in England, as the authorities themselves declare, with pride, is entirely conducted by girls, and driven by rash young men, a little crippled, or by delicate young men, who creep forward in terror. The girls are fearless young hussies. In their ugly blue uniform, skirts up to their knees, shapeless old peaked caps on. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Like all D H Lawrence it's a bit depressing ... But that's where the storyline comes from very often with Lawrence ... The repressed ...more

Short stories I hated to leave. Hilariously funny and tragic in turns...more

The stories I read were absolutely gorgeous, but it became too heavy as pandemic reading. I'll finish some other time, or maybe go back to it in small doses.

Nagyon szépen ír Lawrence, néha átcsap prózaversbe, leírásai és a tájszólásos-dialektusos párbeszédek is különleges színfoltok, a női-férfi kapcsolatok és a világháború örökké jelenlevő motívuma jól körbehatárolják ezt a novellagyűjteményt. A hétköznapok, mindennapi élet, kisemberek, „alsóbb” néprét

I have this book, and my edition had a picture of Kent on it, which I always found ironic. Tickets, Please is a story about the Ripley Rattler that used to take people from Ripley to the big city (Nottingham). I see this as a celebration of England, not a decline, but they seem to have built over th