Aaron's Rod by D. H. Lawrence

"Aaron's Rod" by D. H. Lawrence is a picaresque novel written between 1918 and 1921 and published in 1922. The story follows Aaron Sisson, a coal miner and talented flautist who abandons his family in England's Midlands to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician in Italy. There he befriends a writer named Rawdon Lilly, enters Florence's intellectual circles, and engages in debates about politics and leadership while pursuing an affair with an aristocrat. The novel culminates with an explosive event that destroys Aaron's flute. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
Title Aaron's Rod
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%27s_Rod_(novel)
Credits Produced by Doug Levy, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Adultery -- Fiction
Subject London (England) -- Fiction
Subject Picaresque literature
Subject Male friendship -- Fiction
Subject Florence (Italy) -- Fiction
Subject Runaway husbands -- Fiction
Subject Bohemianism -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 4520
Release Date
Last Update Jan 27, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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