Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion

I love D.H. Lawrence, but it's been a long time since I've read any of those titles. Oddly enough Lady Chatterley is the only one standing out in any detail. The other three are running together in my memory.

I love him, Rainbow is my favorite of his novels, that I have read so far I have not yet read many of his novels, but I fell in love with Rainbow. I have read several of his short stories, which I find very interesting and enjoy.

I love reading Lawrence and it always reminds of the little town I grew up in. My father's family are from that area and we lived there when I was young for about 7 years. Used to catch the bus to Ilkeston that Lawrence mentions in passing.
Plan to go home soon and was looking at Eastwood to settle in, didn't know it was Lawrence's hometown.
I enjoyed The rainbow and Sons and lovers, wasn't so sure of The Fox, but think Lady Chatterley is my favourite at present.

I hated The Rainbow, really liked Women in Love, and Sons and Lovers bored me to tears.
not a fan of DH Lawrence, but I'll read anything if it was banned at one time
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I enjoyed Sons and Lovers, but thought Rainbow was better, I have not yet read Women in Love

I've been meaning to read a D. H. Lawrence for a while. Is there a good one to start with? I was thinking Sons and Lovers or Women in Love (or do I need to read The Rainbow first?).

I've only read Sons and Lovers and it was a good start for me. I really loved it. Should I read Women in Love next?

Carmelo,

I read Sons and Lovers first, then Lady Chatterley's Lover. While I didn't like Sons and Lovers nearly as much as I did the other, I would start with it. It gives you a good idea of how he changes as a writer, since that was his first novel. Of course, you'll have to like it enough to give him another try!

God morning all - I drive by a house Frieda Lawrence lived in every day on my way to work. But I still think DH was a bit cracked in the head and on his was to becoming a fascist. Great book about DHL (from a fan's point of view) is this one

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...

Hi Zoe - eventually I have to say no, I don't, even though he's the greatest writer to come from the area I live in. He's obviously great, that's not the issue, and an old friend said to me he's like the Bible, he wrote so much you can find statements/opinions/points of view over here which are flatly contradicted by some other writing over there. But the general drift of his thinking (women are like this, men are like that) and all that blood & soil stuff (I'm thinking of The Rainbow & Women in Love here) and the fact that he likes to get into a prose-poetry sermon at the drop of a hat eventually, for me, became all too much. Dial it down, DH, dial it down. But if he ever did dial it down, he just wouldn't be DH anymore. So I had to say goodbye.