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Over the rainbow: D.H. Lawrence’s search for a new way of life

Philip Hensher describes D.H. Lawrence’s restless search of a new way of life

22 May 2021

9:00 AM

22 May 2021

9:00 AM

Burning Man: The Ascent of D.H. Lawrence Frances Wilson

Bloomsbury Circus, pp.352, 25

When it comes to biography, some authors draw the punters, and others leave the mob cold. D.H. Lawrence has been written about a lot, from the moment he died. At least ten memoirs were published in the five years after his death by authors ranging from his sister and his wife to patrons such as Mabel Dodge Luhan.

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