Lawrence Himself

In my opinion, D. H. Lawrence has an exquisite way of writing. It was so easy to read his stories: “The rocking horse winner” and “Odour of Chrysanthemums”. I very much enjoyed them.

It is also very interesting to see how most of his writings are autobiographical. Consequently, the fact that most of his male characters, particularly the man of the house, are miners is not coincidental. His father was a miner; therefore, he transmits that and puts his early life setting and context into his stories. We can see this especially in “Sons and Lovers”, one of his greatest novels and probably his most autobiographical one and in “Odour of Chrysanthemums”.

He also played with premonitions in both the stories. The sense of premonition is presented in “The rocking horse winner” every time the child rides the horse and hears the name of the winning horse. In “Odour of Chrysanthemums”, he introduces premonition when the wife feels something is wrong with his husband’s arrival. I really liked that in these stories.

In conclusion, male characters as miners and the small miner town as settings are definitely landmarks to his works.