The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence''s renowned creativity is conspicuous in his letters. He wrote to aristocrats fellow authors painters publishers and others from the intelligentsia--but with equal concern to his sisters a childhood friend suffering from tuberculosis a post office clerk or an Italian servant-girl. Lawrence reveled in the act of communication using a direct unvarnished but invariably vivid style appropriate to each correspondent. In this book over 330 of Lawrence''s letters carefully chosen from the authoritative seven-volume Cambridge Edition exemplify Lawrence''s artistry and humanness. In his introductory essay James T. Boulton provides a rare critical assessment of Lawrence''s epistolary achievement. There are annotations to the letters a biographical list of correspondents brief chronological and descriptive introductions to each section and a full general index. This selection will appeal to Lawrence aficionados and will make good companion reading to his works.