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The White Peacock

D. H. Lawrence

Book Overview: 

Lawrence’s first novel is set in Nethermere (his name for the real-life Eastwood in Nottinghamshire). The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsall and focuses in particular on the relationship of his sister Lettie with two admirers, the more handsome and down to earth George and the more effete gentleman Leslie. She eventually marries Leslie although she is sexually attracted to George. George marries the conventional Meg and both marriages end in unhappiness.
The countryside of the English midlands is beautifully evoked and there is powerful description also of the impact of industrialisation on both town and country.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .She shrugged her shoulders, laughed, and turned to pick up a scarlet pimpernel.

"How do you bind the corn?" she asked.

He took some long straws, cleaned them, and showed her the way to hold them. Instead of attending, she looked at his hands, big, hard, inflamed by the snaith of the scythe.

"I don't think I could do it," she said.

"No," he replied quietly, and watched Leslie mowing. The latter who was wonderfully ready at everything, was doing fairly well, but he had not the invincible sweep of the other, nor did he make the same crisp crunching music.

"I bet he'll sweat," said George.

"Don't you?" she replied.

"A bit—but I'm not dressed up."

"Do you know," she said suddenly, "your arms tempt me to touch them. They are such a fine brown colour, and they look so hard."

He held out one arm to her. She hesitated, then she swiftly put her finger tips on the smooth brown muscle, and dr. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Lawrence's first novel 'The White Peacock', published in 1911, exhibits all the charms and faults you would expect of a first novel. It was six years in the writing, undergoing three re-writes, yet despite its long gestation it would have benefitted from some prudent editing and re-structuring of th

با شروع کتاب، هرچند مقدمه رو خونده بودم و اونجا کمی آمادگی پیدا کرده بودم که قراره با چه چیزی روبه‌رو بشم، جا خوردم. برام حتی تا حد زیادی زننده بود.
ولی بعد که ادامه دادم، یک چیز واقعا جالب رو فهمیدم. لارنس توی این کتاب و در مجموع این چهار داستان کار خیلی متفاوت و جذابی رو انجام داده، و یک روایت تازه

I really enjoyed Lawrence's first novel and it hints at the great writer he would become.

می‌دونستم دی‌.اچ لارنس کارش خوبه، اما ذره‌ای انتظار این داستان‌ها رو نداشتم. خوندنشون شبیه نگاه کردن به نقاشی‌های امپرسیونیستیه، لحظه‌ رو با کمترین چیز ثبت کرده، توصیف‌ها کوتاه و ملموسن و مهم‌تر از همه، به حدی انسانیه که تکان‌دهنده‌ست.

پ.ن: ترجمه خیلی خوبه، مطمئنا آقای قدمی مترجم قدرتمندیه، اما میتون

pretty writing, nothing happened. pure vibes.

I see that Lawrence reworked this novel 3 times. If only one of those times he had realised that the first person narration didn't work - at times it feels that the narrator is just a voyeur, and too often I found myself thinking, well how does he know that? And why, in his revisions, didn't he writ

There is beautiful prose and great characterization but the plot was somewhat confusing. Some chapters I had to listen to again . Not such an interesting story as The Rainbow .

داستان‌هایی پر از عصیان، تنانگی، غریزه، لمس، خشونت و غریزه. آه که توصیفات لارنس چه‌قدر دل‌پذیر بود.

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