Born in the Midland mining village of East-wood, Nottinghamshire, D. H. Lawrence was the son of a coal-miner. His mother was a middle-class woman and school teacher. She was much better educated than her husband and self-consciously genteel. His parents led a bitter married life. From an early age, Lawrence was aware of the struggles between his parents, and was much on his mother's side.
             And the experience of his childhood had a deep influence upon his life. After receiving education at local schools and at Nottingham University College, Lawrence worked first as a clerk and then as an elementary school teacher (1902-1906). In the meantime, he began to write and published literary works. His first published work was a group of poems which appeared in the English Review for November 1909, and next February he published his first short story. In 1912, he met Frieda bon Richthofen, a German noblewoman and the wife of a professor at Nottingham University. They helplessly fell in love, eloped to Europe, and got married to 1914 when Frieda was divorced by her husband. In 1914-1918, Lawrence's objection to World War I and his wife's German origin caused them a lot of trouble with the British authorities. After the war, they led a wandering life, living briefly in Germany, Austria, Italy, England, France, Australia, New Zealand and American. On March 2, 1930, Lawrence died of tuberculosis in the south of France at the age of 44.
             Lawrence was a prolific writer. His output of literature include poems, stories, novelettes,
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