Goose Fair, D H Lawrence
Goose Fair, D H Lawrence
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Goose Fair

Author: D H Lawrence

Narrator: Paul Metcalfe

Unabridged: 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/25/2022

Synopsis



'Goose Fair' was written by D H Lawrence in 1910. Lawrence sets his story against the backdrop of the industrial troubles caused by the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. A young woman is torn between her need for a lover and her contempt for what she perceives to be his dishonesty in the burning down of a mill. Is all love a compromise between the ideal and the reality of life?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Leena

This short story provoked me to turn to History on the Franco Prussian war and it's aftermath. The ripples of it that spread into Britain, the exiles of the paris commune into Britain and how it encourages political discourse on socialism and radical communism. It also took me to the culture of the......more

Goodreads review by Rolf

Some really interesting ideas in this one--especially around indecency and what is “proper.” A lot of space is given to discussing the protagonist’s love affair, but the bigger question for me is the “indecency” of her lover setting fire to his own factory for the insurance money, destroying the liv......more

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