'Samson and Delilah' is set against a Cornish backdrop. Lawrence and his wife tried to settle in Cornwall during the First World War but were hounded by the authorities and forced to leave. Lawrence pointedly describes the local people as' mindless' in this story. It is almost a Homeric story of a husband returning home after a long absence, having to fight to regain his wife. But in this story it is the wife who is the obstacle. But she succumbs to the man's physical presence as Lawrence demanded all women should if they were to attain happiness.
The Complete Short Stories
D H Lawrence
audiobookThe Blue Moccasins
D H Lawrence
audiobookMercury
D H Lawrence
audiobookA Dream of Life
D H Lawrence
audiobookThe Man Who Was Through With the World
D H Lawrence
audiobookNone of That
D H Lawrence
audiobookIn Love
D H Lawrence
audiobookRawdon's Roof
D H Lawrence
audiobookThe Lovely Lady
D H Lawrence
audiobookThings
D H Lawrence
audiobookTwo Blue Birds
D H Lawrence
audiobookThe Undying Man
D H Lawrence
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