England, my England
Written by D. H. Lawrence
Narrated by Cathy Dobson
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Egbert and Winifred are deeply in love when they first marry and settle in the picturesque thatched cottage which Winifred's father has given her on his estate. But as their relationships develops and alters, and as they have children and become increasingly dependent financially on Winifred's father, the cracks in their relationship become ever deeper.
An accident involving their eldest daughter compounds the problem...and then when war breaks out and Egbert becomes a soldier, things change for ever.
D. H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence was an English novelist and poet whose most famous works broke barriers in the publishing world with their frank and graphic discussions of sexuality and his examination of social norms.Born into poverty, young Lawrence excelled in school and became particularly enamored with literature. He began writing early and even won a short story competition while still a student. Lawrence graduated with a teaching certificate and soon began working as an instructor, but his success in writing soon eclipsed his career in academics. By 1910, he had published his first novel, "The White Peacock."After eloping to Germany with Frieda Weekley (who was married when they began their affair), Lawrence began traveling about Europe, writing all the while. He published "The Trespasser" in 1912, a play called "The Daughter-in-Law" the same year and then gained real notoriety by penning "The Rainbow" (1915) and "Women In Love" (1920), both of which were banned in the UK due to the books' adult themes and frank discussions of both sexuality and homosexuality.Lawrence attempted to return to England, but was under constant harassment by the authorities who viewed him - because of his literary themes - to be an undesirable in his native country. This compelled Lawrence to begin a worldwide "savage pilgrimage" which took him all over the planet and inspired him to write a number of popular travel books. He and Frieda settled in New Mexico for two years before moving to Northern Italy where he would write a series of poems, essays and his most famous novel, "Lady Chatterley's Lover."Lawrence suffered from a number of serious health problems and, after a brief stint in a sanitarium, he died of tuberculosis in 1930 at the age of forty-four.After his death, "Lady Chatterley's Lover" became the subject of a groundbreaking obscenity lawsuit in England and the "not guilty" verdict in 1960 cleared the way for publishers to print a number of books that had been previously banned.
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