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Based on the only authoritative surviving manuscript of the 1921 novel, this Cambridge edition restores many passages censored from previous editions in its depiction of Everyman's quest for a meaningful existence. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher... Read Full Overview

The main character of this novel, Aaron Sisson, is a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands who is trapped in a loveless marriage. He is also a talented, flautist. At the start of the story he leaves his wife and children and decides to make a new life in Italy... Read Full Overview

Aaron's Rod is a picaresque novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1918 and published in 1922.

Aaron Sisson, a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, is trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an amateur, but talented, flautist. At the start of the story... Read Full Overview

Aaron's Rod is a picaresque novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1918 and published in 1922.
Aaron Sisson, a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, is trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an amateur, but talented, flautist. At the start of the story... Read Full Overview

The Cambridge Edition of Aaron's Rod is based on the only authoritative surviving typescript.

The Cambridge Edition of Aaron's Rod is based on the only authoritative surviving typescript.

In Aaron's Rod, a satirical, ultra-masculine narrative with unconsciously homosexual undertones by controversial literary legend D. H. Lawrence, protagonist Aaron Sisson has grown tired of his dulling marriage and monotonous daily life working a desk job for a coal mine business... Read Full Overview

Lawrence called Aaron's Rod 'the last of my serious English novels - the end of The Rainbow, Women in Love line.' Written in the years following the First World War, Aaron's Rod questions many of the accepted social and political institutions of Lawrence's own generation and... Read Full Overview

Aaron Sisson lives a humble life in the English Midlands. He works as a union official for the coal mines, but his real passion is music. As an amateur, but very talented flautist, Aaron dreams of a big career as a beloved musician. Though, with his small community and unglamorous... Read Full Overview

"在那之上，您将比其他事情更接近它：仅仅因为许多无知的猴子想要一只自己的猴子来做联盟的工作，并且嘲笑他们，他们想摆脱您，并且... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Aaron's Rod is a novel written by D.H. Lawrence, first published in 1922. The story follows the life of Aaron Sisson, a disillusioned musician who is struggling to find his place in the world. After a failed marriage and a stint in the army during World War I, Aaron travels to... Read Full Overview

Aaron's Rod is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1922. The story follows Aaron Sisson, a disillusioned and restless man who leaves his job as a mining engineer in England to travel to Italy. There, he becomes involved in the world of music and the arts, attending... Read Full Overview