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The Plumed Serpent
The Plumed Serpent
The Plumed Serpent
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The Plumed Serpent

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D. H. Lawrence's fantastic tale of bullfighting, revolution and ancient cults. Kate Leslie, a tourist in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, meets a Mexican general, Don Cipriano, and his influential landowner friend Don Ramon, who she discovers are attempting to resurrect an ancient cult.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAUK Classics
Release dateJun 22, 2012
ISBN9781781669051
The Plumed Serpent
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D. H. Lawrence

David Herbert (D. H.) Lawrence was a prolific English novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, literary critic and painter. His most notable works include Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Rainbow, Sons and Lovers and Women in Love.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Superbe, mystical,poetical: this is the mature Lawrence writing at the very top of his game. This is writing at its most powerful. I must have read this book at least five times during my life. If I had to take one book to a desert island this would be it. (along with a recording of John Coltrane's A Love supreme)
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Felt like I was in high school - not enjoying the read but pushing through anyway.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Read as a narrative fiction, it is as bad as Kangaroo. Perhaps it is. Read as a hypothesised invention of religion it makes some sense.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was a rather fascinating novel by D.H Lawrence that I believe is some of his best work. Kate is a broad and complex character who Lawrence explores in all her trails, premonitions, and errors through her romp in Mexico. There is much material that I understand would have been "scandalous" to the society in which Lawrence lived in. Nevertheless, this is a novel infused with fervour and plot twists and is fully worth the read for anyone interested in the classics.4 stars.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Read as a narrative fiction, it is as bad as Kangaroo. Perhaps it is. Read as a hypothesised invention of religion it makes some sense.

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