The Fox, The Captain's Doll, The Ladybird

A critical edition of three 'novelettes' written between November 1920 and December 1921.

D. H. Lawrence (Author), Dieter Mehl (Edited by)

9780521007085, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 April 2002

356 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.505 kg

D. H. Lawrence wrote these three 'novelettes' between November 1920 and December 1921; they were enthusiastically received by his English publisher and his readers. The ending of the first version of 'The Fox', written in December 1918, is given in an appendix; Lawrence added a 'long tail' two years later, expanding the story to about three times its original length. 'The Ladybird' also started out as a short story, but was completely rewritten; two manuscript pages omitted by the typist are here included for the first time. The characters and the setting of 'The Captain's Doll' arose out of Lawrence's visit to Austria in summer 1920. Dieter Mehl gives all three composition histories including Lawrence's wish to have them published together, problems with typists and in publication. There is also an appendix on the models for the two main characters and the setting of 'The Fox'.

General editor's preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Cue-titles
Introduction
The Fox, The Captain's Doll, The Ladybird
Appendixes
Explanatory notes
Textual apparatus.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK]