June / Lawrence Reading Poll

[kandaurov]

Hey guys! Janine invited me to participate here, since I'm reading Women in Love for a class. I won't vote for it because I've already read it, but I'd be glad to share my views on it, and read yours, once you all have read it. If Lady Chatterly's Lover wins, however, I just might find some time to try and read it too, since I bought it a week ago and it's begging to have an excuse to be devoured

[Janine]

Hey guys! Janine invited me to participate here, since I'm reading Women in Love for a class. I won't vote for it because I've already read it, but I'd be glad to share my views on it, and read yours, once you all have read it. If Lady Chatterly's Lover wins, however, I just might find some time to try and read it too, since I bought it a week ago and it's begging to have an excuse to be devoured

hi kandaurov, so glad you took my advice. This should be a great discussion. You are permitted to vote since you have the right amount of posts; well, if you change your mind about voting, we still have a few days yet. Discussions take a while to get going so you will have time to finish the book. Everyone avoids spoiling the ending.
Funny, I dreamed the count went to 9 for "Women in Love" and there is it sitting at 9, for several days now. I thought it a really strange dream; I also thought - I need a real life!
I voted on this book, since I feel it is L's best. I noticed either on Lit Net's biography, or in Wikipedia, it states that Lawrence also thought it his best book. If it gets picked I will be thrilled, but "Lady Chatterly's Lover" is short and I must tell you, you will enjoy it, also. I read it several times now. I just think that in "Women in Love" there are more of the Lawrence issues/ideals to discuss. It was written much earlier than Lady Chatterly, which was his last fiction novel.

[Virgil]

Hey guys! Janine invited me to participate here, since I'm reading Women in Love for a class. I won't vote for it because I've already read it, but I'd be glad to share my views on it, and read yours, once you all have read it. If Lady Chatterly's Lover wins, however, I just might find some time to try and read it too, since I bought it a week ago and it's begging to have an excuse to be devoured

Great. Glad to have you in our discussion. I'll be curious to know what is discussed in your class. Actually when the book is selected Scher will start a new thread. At this point it looks like Women In Love will be the book. Actually we can read Lady Chatterly and discuss it outside the book forum at a later date if people are willing.

[Pensive]

Hi Pensive, Most certainly Lawrence did write books that were banned, and many publishers would not touch them. He had to have "Lady Chatterly's Lover" published independently and pay for it himself, then he sold the books independently, as well. Many were actually confiscated. He painted later in his life and had a show and many of the paintings were confiscated, also, which made Lawrence raving mad. Lawrence was quite the 'scandal' of the day and an outrage to the stuffy London society people.
Referring to your mother's time, note that my own time was the 1950's, 1960's 1970's, 80's..... I think I first read Lawrence when I was about 28, so that would place it in the late 70's. Lawrence wrote his books much earlier than all these dates. He started in the early part of the century. It was a much different time back then and his books were quite "racey" for that time; now people would probably say, "What was all the fuss about?" It is the same with many authors, especially Joyce. Lawrence and Joyce broke new ground, but both became self-impossed exiles from the British Isles.
Also, locality makes a big difference. Many of L's novels were first published in the US, so that he became better accepted there. American's accepted his novels more readily than the English. In Europe, he also was accepted, but his own England is where the banning took place. He was bitter about that, among other incidents and felt deep rejection for years about his homeland.
I think if you read either L's biography in Wikipedida, or on this site it will mention all the problems Lawrence had with books getting published. I think that "The Rainbow" also was pulled from shelves originally. I read 3 biographies and England gave Lawrence so much trouble. I will have to look up specific things and get back to you. Presently the 3 biops are like a big soup swimming around in my head. Hard to be specific without reviewing what I have read the last few years.
So Pensive, does this entice you to read Lawrence?

Thanks for clarifying this! It makes perfect sense. Yes, this all is compelling me to complete Sons and Lovers as soon as possible which I am now reading.

[_Shannon_]

I am a brand newbie, and can't vote but would love to join in with whatever book is chosen. Lawrence has been on my short list for quite awhile now!

[Janine]

I am a brand newbie, and can't vote but would love to join in with whatever book is chosen. Lawrence has been on my short list for quite awhile now!

Welcome newbie, Shannon! Anyone can join in - feel free to comment -sorry you can't yet vote. Glad Lawrence is on your "short list" - my own list keeps growing and it is not too short presently; so many books yet to read A few more days and we will know the winner. Several of these books are available on this site. Also, there is a short story thread on Lawrence - those are also available on this site. One story will finish up soon and another will be picked for next month. Come check it out, as well. The stories are short and fun to discuss. Enjoy your reading! Janine

[_Shannon_]

We own all of them, so anyone is great with me. I once started Women in Love and never finished for some reason- so I would lean most heavily towards that one I suppose.

We have a rather large collection of books - and my husband is enslaved by, uuuhhh that is -works for- Barnes and Noble- so getting a copy of anything is not too much of a challenge.

How do I find the short story thread?? And thanks- Janine for the words of welcome!

[Gracewings]

Hi! I'm also not able to vote but plan to join in with the reading as well.

[Janine]

We own all of them, so anyone is great with me. I once started Women in Love and never finished for some reason- so I would lean most heavily towards that one I suppose.

We have a rather large collection of books - and my husband is enslaved by, uuuhhh that is -works for- Barnes and Noble- so getting a copy of anything is not too much of a challenge.

How do I find the short story thread?? And thanks- Janine for the words of welcome!

Hi again Shannon, So glad you have the books readily available. I love Barnes and Noble but usually go there to browse and end up buying one thing at least. How lucky you are with your hubby working for them. I can imagine how many books you own - wonderful! One can never have enough fine books.
To find the Lawrence section, go to the top and click on Literature Network Forums and you will notice a list below forum listings - tiny lettering of all the authors, click on Lawrence and you should get to his page, or a list of the Forums pertaining to him online. Some of the short stories are under the title of the book "England, My England".
I will check myself how to get to the main page for Lawrence and get back to you. I always have to poke around to go from these forums to Lawrence's biography page. Maybe try putting Lawrence biography in search and see if that works. Once there all the works are listed on the left-hand side.

Hi, Gracewings, and welcome to the forum and to this thread. This is great - so many people interested in Lawrence. This should be a super discussion this month. I am very happy you will be joining in. Sorry you cannot yet vote; but you will accumulate posts faster than you even imagined. Have fun and hope to see you soon, especially in here.

[Janine]

This is easier - this will take you all directly to the Lawrence page in this forum:

http://www.online-literature.com/dh_lawrence/

To find a full list of the authors - just click on Literature Network Forums at the top of this thread heading and then you will see the last block in forums is blue (to the left) and says "List of Authors with available E-Texts." Click on that and it will take you to all the authors and their biography pages and available texts.

[Scheherazade]

Going twice...

[NickAdams]

So it's Women in Love? I'm sitting this one out, so I can finish Light in August and Beckett's trilogy this month. When does the poll for July start?

[Scheherazade]

So it's Women in Love? I'm sitting this one out, so I can finish Light in August and Beckett's trilogy this month. When does the poll for July start?

I might end up sitting this one out too as I am still trying to finish Owen Meany!

July poll will start in half an hour or so if you lemme!

[NickAdams]

July poll will start in half an hour or so if you lemme!

[Turk]

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