Books by D. H. Lawrence

"Kvinden som red bort" består af 21 af D.H. Lawrences bedste noveller udvalgt og oversat af Tom Kristensen. Fortællingerne varierer meget i både form og indhold, men dog er de alle knyttet sammen til en stor helhed ved D.H. Lawrences grundsyn på de udødelige spørgsmål, mand og kvinde imellem. Novellerne foregår i forskellige lande og handler om mænd, kvinder og børn fra vidt forskellige samfundslag.D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) var en engelsk forfatter, digter, skuespilforfatter og essayist. Hele sit liv var D.H. Lawrence plaget af dårligt helbred, og hans bevidsthed om, at døden altid var nær, satte et særligt præg på hans forfatterskab. I mange år boede D.H. Lawrence i Sydeuropa, hvor han sluttede venskab med den berømte engelske forfatter Aldous Huxley.

Following the death of her parents, a young and innocent Fanny Hill travels to London to find work. She has barely arrived, however, when she is lured into a brothel and has a sexual experience with another woman. A costumer gets her out of there and becomes her lover, but a whole new world has opened to Fanny, who sets out to explore all the pleasures her body has in store for her.Considered the first prose pornography ‘Fanny Hill - Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure’ (1748) is one of the most prosecuted and banned books of all time. It has often been quoted in popular culture, in Tom Lehrer’s song "Smut" and in an episode of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circis’ to name a couple.LUST Classics is a collection of erotic literary classics. Although some of their content can appear controversial, these titles have been selected due to their historical importance within the field of erotic literature.John Cleland (1709-1789) was an English writer, most famous for the erotic novel ‘Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure’, which got him and is publisher arrested. For a hundred years, the novel could only be purchased illegally.

"He lifted her, and seemed to pour her into himself, like wine into a cup (...) So she relaxed, and seemed to melt, to flow into him, as if she were some infinitely warm and precious suffusion filling into his veins, like an intoxicant."The second novel about the Brangwen family, `Women in Love‘ (1920), narrows in on sisters Ursula and Gudrun, who, though very close, have a fiery relationship. As teachers at a grammar school they become involved with the school inspector, Rupert Birkin, and the wealthy son of a local colliery owner, Gerald Crich. What is not immediately apparent to them is the deep and complicated relationship between the two men.D.H. Lawrence wrote the character of Birking as a thinly disguised version of himself while author Katherine Mansfield was his inspiration behind the youngest sister Gudrun. In the well-received BBC miniseries from 2011, Gudrun was portrayed by award-winning actress Rosamund Pike.LUST Classics is a collection of erotic literary classics. Although some of their content can appear controversial, these titles have been selected due to their historical importance within the field of erotic literature.D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English writer, whose diverse work included novels, poems, literary criticisms and much more. His strong opinions on topics like human sexuality and emotional health earned him many enemies, and he spent the second half of his life traveling the world, never ceasing to write.

Ti noveller af den anerkendte engelske forfatter D.H. Lawrence, der med sin begrænsede længde rummer forfatterens stærke og sensuelle stil i endnu mere intens form. D.H. Lawrence bliver stadig i dag omtalt som en af de bedste novelleskrivere i litteraturhistorien. Den danske litteraturprofessor Elias Bredsdorff har udvalgt og oversat novellerne, der ikke før er udkommet på dansk.D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) var en engelsk forfatter, digter, skuespilforfatter og essayist. Hele sit liv var D.H. Lawrence plaget af dårligt helbred, og hans bevidsthed om, at døden altid var nær, satte et særligt præg på hans forfatterskab. I mange år boede D.H. Lawrence i Sydeuropa, hvor han sluttede venskab med den berømte engelske forfatter Aldous Huxley.

In De regenboog volgen we drie generaties van de Engelse familie Brangwen, van halverwege de negentiende tot het begin van de twintigste eeuw. In deze periode zien we de familie veranderen van een klassiek boerengezin tot een moderne familie met dochters die gaan studeren en op vele fronten een grotere vrijheid genieten.De regenboog was in de tijd dat het verscheen erg omstreden vanwege de liberale omgang met het thema seksualiteit. Lawrence schrijft openhartig over lust en beschrijft zelfs een lesbische romance. Hierdoor was het boek in Engeland geruime tijd verboden. Lawrence schreef later nog een vervolg op De Regenboog, getiteld Women in Love.D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was een Britse romanschrijver die erom bekend stond controversiële onderwerpen in zijn romans niet uit de weg te gaan. Om die reden werd zijn werk met regelmaat verboden.Zijn bekendste werk, Lady Chatterley‘s lover, is in die zin geen uitzondering. Vanwege zijn liberale opvattingen over erotiek en seksualiteit werd het werk van Lawrence pas lang na zijn dood op waarde geschat.