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The Shadow in the Rose Garden

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The Shadow in the Rose Garden

By: D.H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe
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Lawrence is often accused of misogyny, and this story used as evidence against him. There is the simple but honest mine worker who has taken on a wife who is "above" him, but who is struggling to understand her and her feelings for him. Slowly, the story unravels the woman's past. The listener cannot be entirely unsympathetic to her plight - Lawrence is too good a writer to let that happen - but her dishonesty has probably ruined two lives, and our feelings are for the husband.

Public Domain (P)2022 Alan Avery
Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Short Stories World Literature Marriage
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