Aaron's Rod (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By D. H. Lawrence

Published in 1922, this novel tells the story of Aaron Sisson, a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, who leaves his wife to visit Italy and pursue his dream of success as a professional flautist.  There he meets a Lawrentian novelist, Rawdon Lilly, who takes him under his wing. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Feb 15, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411435896

D. H. Lawrence

David Herbert Lawrence was born on 11th September 1881 in Eastwood, a small mining village in Nottinghamshire, in the English Midlands. Despite ill health as a child and a comparatively disadvantageous position in society, he became a teacher in 1908, and took up a post in a school in Croydon, south of London. His first novel, The White Peacock, was published in 1911, and from then until his death he wrote feverishly, producing poetry, novels, essays, plays travel books and short stories, while travelling around the world, settling for periods in Italy, New Mexico and Mexico. He married Frieda Weekley in 1914 and died of tuberculosis in 1930.

Reviews for Aaron's Rod (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

[brakketh-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Didn't really do anything for me just seemed to meander around.

[michael_godfrey-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The "Lawrentian ideal", the ubermann that Lawrence could never be, is an ugly experiment in repressed sexuality and impassioned masculism.

[danielstj · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A novel that starts off strong but then peters off in a wayward direction until it reaches its final conclusion. There was much to like in the first third of the book, but then things gradually began to fall apart until I was left with a disquieting sense of boredom when it came to the rest of the events of the plot. Overall, it is one that I still think is worth reading for the initial breach, but carefully consider whether you are willing to invest the time in this work.3 stars.