For the 1920 silent film, see The White Peacock (film).
The White Peacock
Cover of the first American edition
Author
D. H. Lawrence
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Publisher
Heinemann (UK) Duffield & Co. (US)
Publication date
1911[1]
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
496
Followed by
The Trespasser
Text
The White Peacock at Wikisource
The White Peacock is the first novel by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1911, though with 1910 on the title page.[1] Lawrence started the novel in 1906 and then rewrote it three times. The early versions had the working title of Laetitia.[2]
Maurice Greiffenhagen's 1891 painting "An Idyll" inspired the novel. The painting had "a profound effect" on Lawrence, who wrote: "As for Greiffenhagen's 'Idyll', it moves me almost as if I were in love myself. Under its intoxication, I have flirted madly this Christmas."
The novel is set in the Eastwood area of his youth and is narrated in the first person by a character named Cyril Beardsall. It involves themes such as the damage associated with mismatched marriages, and the border country between town and country. A misanthropic gamekeeper makes an appearance, in some ways the prototype of Mellors in Lawrence's last novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover. The book includes some notable description of nature and the impact of industrialisation on the countryside and the town.
^ abbiblio.co.uk:The White Peacock by Lawrence, D H
^Maddox, Brenda (1994). D. H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 34. ISBN 0-671-68712-3.
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