''The Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence'' is an ongoing project by

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to produce definitive editions of the writings of

D. H. Lawrence David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...

. It is a major scholarly undertaking that strives to provide new versions of the texts as close as can be determined to what the author intended. This ongoing project, started in 1979, will eventually encompass over 40 separate volumes, each complete with a high quality critical apparatus. As such, it represents the authoritative base text for academic comment, literary criticism, reference and research.

Novels

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The White Peacock ''The White Peacock'' is the first novel by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1911, though with 1910 on the title page. Lawrence started the novel in 1906 and then rewrote it three times. The early versions had the working title of ''Laetitia.'' Ma ...

'' (1911), edited by Andrew Robertson,

, 1983, * ''

The Trespasser Trespasser In the law of tort, property, and criminal law a trespasser is a person who commits the act of trespassing on a property, that is, without the permission of the owner. Being present on land as a trespasser thereto creates liabi ...

'' (1912), edited by Elizabeth Mansfield, Cambridge University Press, 1981, * ''

Sons and Lovers ''Sons and Lovers'' is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It traces emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and his suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers, which exert c ...

'' (1913), edited by Helen Baron and Carl Baron, Cambridge University Press, 1992, * ''

The Rainbow ''The Rainbow'' is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence, first published by Methuen & Co. in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family living in Nottinghamshire, focusing particularly on the individual's struggle to growth ...

'' (1915), edited by Mark Kinkead-Weekes, Cambridge University Press, 1989, * ''

Women in Love ''Women in Love'' (1920) is a novel by English author D. H. Lawrence. It is a sequel to his earlier novel ''The Rainbow'' (1915) and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, ...

'' (1920), edited by David Farmer, Lindeth Vasey and John Worthen, Cambridge University Press, 1987, * ''

The Lost Girl ''The Lost Girl'' is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1920. It was awarded the 1920 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the fiction category. Lawrence started it shortly after writing ''Women in Love'', and worked on it only spora ...

'' (1920), edited by John Worthen, Cambridge University Press, 1981, * ''

Aaron's Rod Aaron's rod refers to any of the walking sticks carried by Moses's brother, Aaron, in the Torah. The Bible tells how, along with Moses's rod, Aaron's rod was endowed with miraculous power during the Plagues of Egypt that preceded the Exodus. T ...

'' (1922) edited by Mara Kalnins, Cambridge University Press, 1988, * ''

Kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre ...

'' (1923) edited by Bruce Steele, Cambridge University Press, 1994, * ''

The Boy in the Bush ''The Boy in the Bush'' is a novel by D. H. Lawrence set in Western Australia, first published in 1924. It is derived from a story in a manuscript given to Lawrence by Mollie Skinner, entitled ''The House of Ellis''. The title page of the first ...

'' (1924), edited by Paul Eggert, Cambridge University Press, 1990, * ''

The Plumed Serpent ''The Plumed Serpent'' is a 1926 political novel by D. H. Lawrence; Lawrence conceived the idea for the novel while visiting Mexico in 1923, and its themes reflect his experiences there. The novel was first published by Martin Secker's firm in t ...

'' (1926), edited by L. D. Clark, Cambridge University Press, 1987, * ''

Lady Chatterley's Lover ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' is the last novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in 1929, in France. An unexpurgated edition was not published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960, w ...

''(1928), edited by Michael Squires, Cambridge University Press, 1993,

Short stories

* ''The Prussian Officer and other stories'' (1914), edited by John Worthen, Cambridge University Press, 1983, * ''England, my England and other stories'' (1922), edited by Bruce Steele, Cambridge University Press, 1990, * ''The Ladybird, The Fox, The Captain's Doll'' (1923), edited by Dieter Mehl, Cambridge University Press, 1992, * ''

St Mawr ''St Mawr'' is a short novel (or novella) written by D. H. Lawrence. It was first published in 1925. The heroine of the story, Lou Witt, abandons her sterile marriage and a brittle, cynical post-First World War England. Her sense of alienatio ...

and other stories'' (1925), edited by Brian Finney, Cambridge University Press, 1983, * ''The Woman who Rode Away and other stories'' (1928) edited by Dieter Mehl and

Christa Jansohn Christa Jansohn (born 1958) is a German scholar of English literature and culture. She is Chair of British Culture at the University of Bamberg in Germany. Education Christa Jansohn studied English, History and Archive Studies at the University of ...

, Cambridge University Press, 1995, * '' The Virgin and the Gipsy and Other Stories'' (1930), edited by Michael Herbert, Bethan Jones, Lindeth Vasey, Cambridge University Press, 2006, * ''Love Among the Haystacks and other stories'' (1930), edited by John Worthen, Cambridge University Press, 1987, )

Poems

* The Poems, Two Volume Set, by D.H. Lawrence, edited by Christopher Pollnitz. Cambridge University Press, 2013. (hardcover). * The Poems, Volume III: Uncollected Poems and Early Versions, by D.H. Lawrence, edited by Christopher Pollnitz. Cambridge University Press, 2018. (hardcover).

Plays

* ''The Plays'', edited by Hans-Wilhelm Schwarze and John Worthen, Cambridge University Press, 1999,

Non-fiction

* ''Study of Thomas Hardy and other essays'' (1914), edited by Bruce Steele, Cambridge University Press, 1985, , Literary criticism and metaphysics * ''

Movements in European History ''Movements in European History'' was a school textbook, originally published by Oxford University Press, by the English author D. H. Lawrence. Lawrence was facing destitution at the time and he wrote it as a potboiler. The first edition was publis ...

'' (1921), edited by Philip Crumpton, Cambridge University Press, 1989, * ''Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious and Fantasia of the Unconscious'' (1921/1922), edited by Bruce Steele, Cambridge University Press, 2004 * ''Studies in Classic American Literature'' (1923), edited by Ezra Greenspan, Lindeth Vasey and John Worthen, Cambridge University Press, 2002, * ''Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and other essays'' (1925), edited by Michael Herbert, Cambridge University Press, 1988, * ''Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation'' (1931) edited by Mara Kalnins, Cambridge University Press, 1980, *''Introductions and Reviews'', edited by N. H. Reeve and John Worthen, Cambridge University Press, 2004, * ''Late Essays and Articles'', edited by James T. Boulton, Cambridge University Press, 2004,

Travel books

* Mornings in Mexico and Other Essays (1927, 1922–1928), edited by Virginia Crosswhite Hyde, Cambridge University Press, 2009, * ''Twilight in Italy and Other Essays'' (1916), edited by Paul Eggert, Cambridge University Press, 1994, * ''

Sea and Sardinia ''Sea and Sardinia'' is a travel book by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It describes a brief excursion undertaken in January 1921 by Lawrence and his wife Frieda, a.k.a. Queen Bee, from Taormina in Sicily to the interior of Sardinia. They v ...

'' (1921), edited by Mara Kalnins, Cambridge University Press, 1997, * '' Sketches of Etruscan Places and other Italian essays'' (1932), edited by Simonetta de Filippis, Cambridge University Press, 1992,

Manuscripts and early drafts of published novels and other works

* ''Paul Morel'' (1911–12), edited by Helen Baron, Cambridge University Press, 2003, * ''The First Women in Love'' (1916–17) edited by John Worthen and Lindeth Vasey, Cambridge University Press, 1998, * ''

Mr Noon ''Mr Noon'' is an unfinished novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It appears to have been drafted in 1920 and 1921 and then abandoned by the author. It consists of two parts. The first part was published posthumously by Secker as a long ...

'' (1920?) – Parts I and II, edited by Lindeth Vasey, Cambridge University Press, 1984, * ''The First and Second Lady Chatterley novels'', edited by Dieter Mehl and

, Cambridge University Press, 1999, .

Letters

* ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume I, September 1901 – May 1913'', ed. James T. Boulton, Cambridge University Press, 1979, * ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume II, June 1913 – October 1916'', ed. George J. Zytaruk and James T. Boulton, Cambridge University Press, 1981, * ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume III, October 1916 – June 1921'', ed. James T. Boulton and Andrew Robertson, Cambridge University Press, 1984, * ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume IV, June 1921 – March 1924 '', ed. Warren Roberts, James T. Boulton and Elizabeth Mansfield, Cambridge University Press, 1987, * ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume V, March 1924 – March 1927'', ed. James T. Boulton and Lindeth Vasey, Cambridge University Press, 1989, * ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume VI, March 1927 – November 1928 '', ed. James T. Boulton and Margaret Boulton with Gerald M. Lacy, Cambridge University Press, 1991, * ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, Volume VII, November 1928 – February 1930'', ed. Keith Sagar and James T. Boulton, Cambridge University Press, 1993, * ''The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, with index, Volume VIII'', ed. James T. Boulton, Cambridge University Press, 2001, * ''The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence'', Compiled and edited by James T. Boulton, Cambridge University Press, 1997,

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