Mr. Noon - Softcover

Lawrence, D H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410102807 ISBN 13: 9781410102805

Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL), 2003

Synopsis

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.

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1920, Mr Noon is divided into two distinct parts, the first of which appeared in 1934 and the second of which remained unpublished until the Cambridge edition of 1984, the first publication of the novel in full.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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410102807
• ISBN 13: 9781410102805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144