The Ladybird
The Ladybird is a long tale or novella by D. H. Lawrence.
It was first drafted in 1915 as a short story entitled The Thimble. Lawrence rewrote and extended it under a new title in December 1921 and sent the final version to his English agent on 9 January 1922. It was collected with two other tales, The Captain's Doll and The Fox, and the three novellas were then published in London by Martin Secker in March 1923 under the title The Ladybird and in New York by Thomas Seltzer as The Captain's Doll in April 1923.[1]
Plot introduction
A wounded German officer, Count Psanek, shares his philosophies on life and love with a local acquaintance, Lady Daphne, while interned in London during the final months of the First World War. Lady Daphne finds herself alternately attracted and repulsed by the Count, and when her husband returns home from the front she finds her feelings toward him are equally ambiguous. For Lawrence, love is never a simple exchange, but something both independently personal and wholly dependent.[2]
Standard edition
- The Ladybird, The Fox, The Captain's Doll (1923), edited by Dieter Mehl, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-35266-5
References
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- The White Peacock (1911)
- The Trespasser (1912)
- Sons and Lovers (1913)
- The Rainbow (1915)
- Women in Love (1920)
- The Lost Girl (1920)
- Aaron's Rod (1922)
- Kangaroo (1923)
- The Boy in the Bush (1924)
- The Plumed Serpent (1926)
- John Thomas and Lady Jane (1927)
- Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)
- The Escaped Cock (1929)
- Mr Noon (unfinished)
and novellas
- "Odour of Chrysanthemums" (1911)
- The Fox (1923)
- The Captain's Doll (1923)
- The Ladybird (1923)
- St Mawr (1925)
- The Princess (1925)
- "The Rocking-Horse Winner" (1926)
- "The Woman who Rode Away" (1928)
- The Virgin and the Gipsy (1930)
collections
- The Daughter-in-Law (1913)
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1914)
- Birds, Beasts and Flowers (1923)
- Sea and Sardinia (1921)
- Mornings in Mexico (1927)
- Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays (1932)
and pamphlets
- D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum
- D. H. Lawrence Ranch
- D. H. Lawrence Heritage Centre
- Frieda Lawrence (wife)
- Priest of Love (1981/1985 film)
- R v Penguin Books Ltd
- Films based on works
- D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study
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