Mr. Noon

by D. H. Lawrence

Overview

The story of Gilbert Noon, one of the author's alter egos, who becomes entangled with a young girl, loses his job as a schoolmaster, travels abroad and falls in love with a married woman with who he elopes. Originally published in 1934, shortly after the author's death.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781410102805
Publisher:	Fredonia Books (NL)
Publication date:	05/29/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), English novelist, storywriter, critic, poet and painter, one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Among his works, Sons and Lovers appeared in 1913, The Rainbow in 1915, Women In Love in 1920, and many others.

Date of Birth:

September 11, 1885

Date of Death:

March 2, 1930

Place of Birth:

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

Place of Death:

Vence, France

Education:

Nottingham University College, teacher training certificate, 1908

Table of Contents

General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Cue-titles; Introduction; Mr Noon; Explanatory notes; Textual apparatus; Appendix: Maps; A note on pounds, shillings and pence.

Editorial Reviews

Mr. Noon adds a new (though unfinished) novel to the D.H. Lawrence canon. He worked on it in 1920 and 1921, the period immediately following Women in Love and The Lost Girl. The first part, published posthumously in 1934, is a satirical story of English provincial life. Part II (over two-thirds of the text) shifts to Germany and abruptly becomes a fictionalizedbut not much?version of Lawrence's elopement with Frieda von Richthofen Weekley. Frieda's character and her growing intimacy with Lawrence are presented with sharp immediacy. The novel follows the lovers from Germany across Austria to the Italian lakes before breaking off in midsentence. Mr. Noon is of course a major event for modern literary studies, but more casual readers of Lawrence will also want to try this ``lost'' novel. The biographical interest colors every page, and the narrative's vivid account of the lovers' developing relationship and of the world they move through is impressive. Keith Cushman, English Dept., Univ. of North Carolinia, Greensboro

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