ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is the first novel of D. H. Lawrence?
A
The White Peacock
B
The Trespasser
C
Sons and Lovers
D
Women in Love
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The White Peacock is the first novel by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1911. Lawrence started the novel in 1906 and then rewrote it three times. The early versions had the working title of Laetitia.

Detailed explanation-2: -He studied at University College, Nottingham, from 1906 to 1908, earning a teacher’s certificate, and went on writing poems and stories and drafting his first novel, The White Peacock.

Detailed explanation-3: -The White Peacock is a novel by the famous writer D. H. Lawrence. The novel involves themes of mismatched marriage and the damage they can cause in the no man’s land between town and country. Featuring famous descriptions of nature and the impact of the industrial revolution on the countryside.

Detailed explanation-4: -D.H. Lawrence, in full David Herbert Lawrence, (born September 11, 1885, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England-died March 2, 1930, Vence, France), English author of novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marriage and disillusionment are major themes in this novel, as is class difference. In this sense, I found Lawrence’s novel to be almost a prototype of “The Great Gatsby”. The peripheral, detached narrator.

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