Mr Noon - Hardcover

D. H. Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521252512 ISBN 13: 9780521252515

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Synopsis

BRAND NEW HARD COVER BOOK WITH DUSTJACKET, PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS DESCRIPTION OF BOOK Mr Noon is an unfinished novel by the English writer, D. H. Lawrence. It appears to have been drafted in 1920 and 1921 and then abandoned by the author. It consists of two parts. The first part was published posthumously by Secker as a long short story in the volume entitled A Modern Lover which came out in 1934. This fragment was reissued in 1968 in the Phoenix II collection of Lawrence's assorted writings. It is set in the East Midlands, where the author was born and spent his youth. The second fragment was finally published along with the introductory section in 1984 and describes the experiences of the main character during his elopement to the continent. The novel is often regarded as autobiographical in places. ISBN: 0-521-25251-2

About this title

Book Description:

This is an autobiographical novel – more or less a sequel to Sons and Lovers. The first part appeared as a short story in 1934; the second, larger part was never published. Mr Noon was first published in its entirety in 1984, and was widely hailed as a major literary event.

From the Back Cover:

This Penguin edition is the first annotated paperback publication of Lawrence's autobiographical and strikingly innovative unfinished novel. Begun in 1920, Mr Noon is divided into two distinct parts, the first of which appeared in 1934 and the second of which remained unpublished until the Cambridge edition of 1984, the first publication of the novel in full. Abandoning a promising academic career at Cambridge, Gilbert Noon returns to Whetstone, where he becomes a teacher at the local technical school. His rootlessness leads him into an inept experiment of 'spoony' love with a fellow schoolteacher, Emmie Bostock. The ensuing scandal causes him to flee to Germany, where he finds true passion in his developing relationship with Johanna, the unhappily married wife of an English doctor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0521252512
• ISBN 13: 9780521252515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 370
• Editor: Lindeth Vasey