D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

1885–1930

A bold modernist voice, D. H. Lawrence explored love, desire, family, nature, and the pressures of industrial society. His best-known works include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

39 Audiobooks

The Trespasser

The Trespasser

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Lady Chatterley's lover

Lady Chatterley's lover

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Psychoanalysis and the unconscious

Psychoanalysis and the unconscious

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The Rainbow

The Rainbow

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

Touch and Go: A Play in Three Acts

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

England, My England

England, My England

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The Boy in the Bush

The Boy in the Bush

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence, M. L. (Mary Louisa) Skinner

Fantasia of the Unconscious

Fantasia of the Unconscious

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Aaron's Rod

Aaron's Rod

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Women in Love

Women in Love

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Birds, Beasts and Flowers Poems by D. H. Lawrence

Birds, Beasts and Flowers Poems by D. H. Lawrence

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology

Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology

by Richard Aldington, John Gould Fletcher, F. S. (Frank Stewart) Flint, H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence, Amy Lowell

The Lost Girl

The Lost Girl

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Love Poems and Others

Love Poems and Others

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The Prussian Officer

The Prussian Officer

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Studies in Classic American Literature

Studies in Classic American Literature

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Tortoises

Tortoises

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Some Imagist Poets, 1916: An Annual Anthology

Some Imagist Poets, 1916: An Annual Anthology

by Richard Aldington, John Gould Fletcher, F. S. (Frank Stewart) Flint, H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence, Amy Lowell

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Five Selected Short Stories

Five Selected Short Stories

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The White Peacock

The White Peacock

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Kangaroo

Kangaroo

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

New Poems

New Poems

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Bay: A Book of Poems

Bay: A Book of Poems

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Sun

Sun

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Amores: Poems

Amores: Poems

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Glad ghosts

Glad ghosts

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd: A Drama in Three Acts

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd: A Drama in Three Acts

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Look! We Have Come Through!

Look! We Have Come Through!

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Sea and Sardinia

Sea and Sardinia

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Twilight in Italy

Twilight in Italy

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Mornings in Mexico

Mornings in Mexico

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The virgin and the gipsy

The virgin and the gipsy

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

The Plumed Serpent

The Plumed Serpent

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Some imagist poets, 1917 : an annual anthology

Some imagist poets, 1917 : an annual anthology

by Richard Aldington, John Gould Fletcher, F. S. (Frank Stewart) Flint, H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence, Amy Lowell

About the author

Born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, in 1885, David Herbert Lawrence was the son of a coal miner and a former schoolteacher. He trained as a teacher before turning to writing, publishing poetry in 1909 and his first novel, The White Peacock, soon afterward. His wide-ranging work included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel writing, literary criticism, and painting.

Lawrence married Frieda von Richthofen in 1914, and the couple spent much of their life traveling and living abroad. Their journeys took them to Italy, Australia, Sri Lanka, and the United States, including a ranch near Taos, New Mexico. Lawrence’s writing often challenged social conventions and censorship, while emphasizing instinct, sexuality, vitality, and a deep connection with the natural world.

He died of tuberculosis in Vence, France, on March 2, 1930, aged 44. Though controversial during his lifetime, Lawrence is now regarded as one of the major English writers of the twentieth century.