In this Book
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd: A Drama in Three Acts
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
- Series: Pine Street Books
summary
The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, written immediately after Sons and Lovers, is one of D. H. Lawrence's most significant early works. The play, Lawrence's first, is the alter ego of the story "Odour of Chrysanthemums" and, like the short story, deals with a catastrophe in the lives of a coal mining family. Drawing upon the intensity of events that unfold in the miner's kitchen, the play explores a marriage bowed under the weight of a husband's drinking and infidelity and peers into the strange, burgeoning relationship between the neglected wife, Mrs. Holroyd, and the young electrician in whom she seeks emotional refuge. First published in 1914, The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd is a bare tracing of the ways in which a marriage has gone wrong.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xvi
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
- The First Act
- pp. 3-35
- The Second Act
- pp. 36-61
- The Third Act
- pp. 62-93
Additional Information
ISBN
9780812292626
Related ISBN(s)
9780812218176
MARC Record
OCLC
913077888
Pages
112
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2002