{"product_id":"women-in-love-the-ladybird-the-man-who-died-the-captains-doll-the-rainbow-by-david-herbert-lawrence","title":"Women in Love; The Ladybird; The Man who Died; The Captain's Doll; The Rainbow by David Herbert Lawrence","description":"David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile which he called his \"savage pilgrimage.\" At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. Lawrence is perhaps best known for his novels Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Within these Lawrence explores the possibilities for life and living within an industrial setting. In particular Lawrence is concerned with the nature of relationships that can be had within such settings. Though often classed as a realist, Lawrence's use of his characters can be better understood with reference to his philosophy. His depiction of sexual activity, though shocking at the time, has its roots in this highly personal way of thinking and being. It is worth noting that Lawrence was very interested in human touch behaviour (see Haptics) and that his interest in physical intimacy has its roots in a desire to restore our emphasis on the body, and re-balance it with what he perceived to be western civilisation's slow process of over-emphasis on the mind. In his later years Lawrence developed the potentialities of the short novel form in St Mawr, The Virgin and the Gypsy and The Escaped Cock. The novels in this collection are: Women in Love \/ The Ladybird \/ The Man Who Died \/ The Captain's Doll \/ The Rainbow","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44056510627914,"sku":"6931bo","price":15.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6931bo_2260c229-d8f6-44ea-bd17-717f6443e6c6.jpg?v=1786502116","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/women-in-love-the-ladybird-the-man-who-died-the-captains-doll-the-rainbow-by-david-herbert-lawrence","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}