The Priest of Love by Harry T. Moore
An un-Lawrentian D.H. Lawrence biography
An un-Lawrentian D.H. Lawrence biography
like my life, a novel that’s half tragedy, half farce
I review a Lawrentian travel writing collection containing Twilight in Italy, Sea and Sardinia and Sketches of Etruscan Places.
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