A Genius for Living

A Genius for Living
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Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages : 536
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015034262215
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Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Genius for Living by : Janet Byrne

Download or read book A Genius for Living written by Janet Byrne and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With lively intelligence and keen psychological insight, Janet Byrne tells the story of Frieda Lawrence's rich and tumultuous life, from her aristocratic Prussian childhood in one of the most divided regions of Europe, through her first marriage to a staid English professor in Nottingham; her wild affair with the cocaine-addicted psychoanalyst and free-love advocate Otto Gross; the scandalous abandonment of her husband and three children for the love of a coal miner's son who would become one of the twentieth century's greatest novelists; and her later years in and near Taos, New Mexico, first with Lawrence and then with her third husband, the handsome and massively unfaithful Angelino Ravagli, a former sharpshooter in the Italian army. Frieda is "in" every major novel D.H. Lawrence wrote during their eighteen years together, from The Rainbow and Women in Love to Lady Chatterley's Lover. She was his most trusted reader; his dependence on her was absolute. Hardly the untutored earth mother or sexual libertine frequently portrayed in books about Lawrence, Frieda had an uncanny and complex vision of relations between the sexes and a blithe, aggressively anti-intellectual surefootedness that helped shape one of the most famously embattled unions of the century as well as its literary progeny. Drawing on scores of unpublished archival sources, memoirs, and interviews with friends and relatives, Janet Byrne has brilliantly captured Frieda's peculiar genius in this compelling biography, a dramatic saga of individualism, humor, will, and creative energy.

D. H. Lawrence and Frieda

D. H. Lawrence and Frieda
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Publisher : Andre Deutsch
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105131784964
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Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Book Synopsis D. H. Lawrence and Frieda by : Michael Squires

Download or read book D. H. Lawrence and Frieda written by Michael Squires and published by Andre Deutsch. This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1912, D H Lawrence met Frieda von Richthofen, the wife of his former professor, and fell in love with her. The pair eloped to Bavaria, leaving her three children behind and two years later they were married. This book sheds a different light on the Lawrences, using several of Frieda's letters.

Living at the Edge : a Biography of D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Von Richthofen

Living at the Edge : a Biography of D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Von Richthofen
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : 0299177505
ISBN-13 : 9780299177508
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Living at the Edge : a Biography of D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Von Richthofen by : Michael Squires

Download or read book Living at the Edge : a Biography of D.H. Lawrence and Frieda Von Richthofen written by Michael Squires and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squires (English, Virginia Tech) and Talbot (Spanish, Roanoke College) collected Frieda Laurence's letters for years before realizing that they could add considerable insight to a biography of her famous writer husband. The result, though focusing on him, turned out to be a biography of them as a couple, pulling her out from his shadow. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

"Not I, but the Wind..."

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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547113225
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Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Book Synopsis "Not I, but the Wind..." by : Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence

Download or read book "Not I, but the Wind..." written by Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of ""Not I, but the Wind..."" by Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Frieda

Frieda
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 472
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ISBN-10 : 9781473681033
ISBN-13 : 1473681030
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Frieda by : Annabel Abbs

Download or read book Frieda written by Annabel Abbs and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH AND PICK OF THE YEAR The extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover. 'Effervescent' The Times 'A convincing evocation of a remarkable woman' Sunday Times 'Clever and deeply humane' Observer 'A lush and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman who refused to compromise on what really matters: to be known, to love, to be beloved' Polly Clark, author of Larchfield Germany, 1907 Aristocrat Frieda von Richthofen has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her sisters in Munich, she is captivated by a city alive with ideas of revolution and free love, and, goaded by sibling rivalry with her sisters and the need to be more than mother and wife, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening. England, 1912 Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious younger writer D. H. Lawrence. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that influences the course of literature forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost. 'Hard to put down thanks to its heroine's audacity and strength' Stylist 'Another absolutely superb novel from Annabel Abbs' Historical Novel Society 'An incredible piece of storytelling' The Lady 'A compassionately imagined tale' Daily Mail 'Fascinating' Red

Frieda

Frieda
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780733640124
ISBN-13 : 0733640125
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Frieda by : Annabel Abbs

Download or read book Frieda written by Annabel Abbs and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H. Lawrence - and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel banned for more than 30 years Germany, 1907. Frieda, daughter of aristocrat Baron von Richthofen, has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her family in Munich, a city alive with new ideas of revolution and free love, and goaded by a toxic sibling rivalry with her sisters, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening. England, 1912. Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious young writer D.H. Lawrence, a man whose creative energy answers her own needs. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that will change the course of literature - and society - forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost. A stunning novel of emotional intensity, Frieda tells the story of an extraordinary woman - and a notorious love affair that became synonymous with ideas of sexual freedom. 'Annabel Abbs's poignant Frieda: A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley captures the Lawrences' shifting emotions' The Australian 'I loved this novel so very much. Abbs's writing is glorious' MELISSA ASHLEY, The Birdman's Wife 'Emotionally intense . . . A gripping story' Daily Telegraph ** Contains bonus chapters from Annabel Abbs' stunning debut novel, The Joyce Girl**

Burning Man

Burning Man
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 512
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ISBN-10 : 9781526644701
ISBN-13 : 1526644703
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Burning Man by : Frances Wilson

Download or read book Burning Man written by Frances Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Frances Wilson writes books that blow your hair back. She makes Lawrence live and breathe, annoy and captivate you ... she conjures the past with such clarity and wit and flair that it feels utterly present' Katherine Rundell 'A brilliantly unconventional biography, passionately researched and written with a wild, playful energy' Richard Holmes D H Lawrence is no longer censored, but he is still on trial – and we are still unsure what the verdict should be, or even how to describe him. History has remembered him, and not always flatteringly, as a nostalgic modernist, a sexually liberator, a misogynist, a critic of genius, and a sceptic who told us not to look in his novels for 'the old stable ego', yet pioneered the genre we now celebrate as auto-fiction. But where is the real Lawrence in all of this, and how – one hundred years after the publication of Women in Love - can we hear his voice above the noise? Delving into the memoirs of those who both loved and hated him most, Burning Man follows Lawrence from the peninsular underworld of Cornwall in 1915 to post-war Italy to the mountains of New Mexico, and traces the author's footsteps through the pages of his lesser known work. Wilson's triptych of biographical tales present a complex, courageous and often comic fugitive, careering around a world in the grip of apocalypse, in search of utopia; and, in bringing the true Lawrence into sharp focus, shows how he speaks to us now more than ever. 'No biography of Lawrence that I have read comes close to Burning Man' Ferdinand Mount, author of Kiss Myself Goodbye 'The most original voice in life-writing today' Lucasta Miller, author of Keats