The widowing of Mrs. Holroyd; a drama in three acts (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The widowing of Mrs. Holroyd; a drama in three acts (1914)Author: Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930Language: EnglishD. H. LAWRENCE is one of the most significant of the new generation of writers just begin- ning to appear in England. One of their chief marks is that they seem to step forward full-grown, without a history to account for their maturity. Another char- acteristic is that they frequently spring from social layers which in the past had to remain largely voiceless. And finally, they have all in their blood what their elders had to acquire painfully : that is, an evolutionary con- ception of life. Three years ago the author of " The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd " was wholly unknown, having not yet published a single work. To-day he has to his credit three novels "The White Peacock," "The Tres- passer " and " Sons and Lovers " a collection of verse entitled " Love Poems," and the play contained in this volume. All of these works, but in particular the play and the latest novel, prove their author a man gifted with a strikingly original vision, a keen sense of beauty, an equally keen sense of verbal values, and a sincerity which makes him see and tell the truth where even the most audacious used to falter in the past. Flaubert himself was hardly less free from the old curse of sentimentalizing compromise and yet this young writer knows how to tell the utmost truth with a dainti- ness that puts offence out of the question.