Aaron's Rod (1922)

by D. H. Lawrence

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Guy walks away from his wife and kids because he needs to be "alone". Loser. (

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autumnesf | Aug 21, 2009 |

I can't claim that I enjoyed reading this book. I struggled to get through the first half, but I found that my interest grew afterwards and I *almost* enjoyed reading the rest.

This book got me thinking about my own beliefs about love, a topic I generally avoid thinking about, so I've got to give credit for that. (

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rcgamergirl | Jul 27, 2009 |

The "Lawrentian ideal", the ubermann that Lawrence could never be, is an ugly experiment in repressed sexuality and impassioned masculism. (

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Aldington, Richard	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Sons and Lovers / The Fox / Love Among the Haystacks / Aaron's Rod / The Ladybird / Women in Love (D.H. Laurence Omnibus by D. H. Lawrence

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A man leaves his wife and children behind and learns to play the flute.

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Abandoning his family, Aaron Sisson leaves a mining community in pursuit of the single life: individual freedom and the male power of passion and art. Playing the flute to pay his way he travels to post war London, where he mixes with the modern Bohemian set and finds friendship in Rawdon Lilly.

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Abandoning his wife and children, Aaron Sisson leaves the mining community in pursuit of the 'life single': individual freedom, personal friendship, the 'male power' of passion and art. Playing the flute to pay his way he travels to post-war London, where he mixes with the modern Bohemian set and finds male friendship in Rawdon Lilly. Further travels take him to Milan and Florence ('a town of men') preoccupied with thoughts on the decline of humanity from the Renaissance to the modern age. For Aaron, in his own way, is striving to save civilization. Aaron's Rod was completed in 1921 but was then censored by Lawrence's publishers. This edition of the novel, based on the only authoritative surviving typescript, restores these cut passages and eliminates the errors of previous editions.… (more)