White Peacock, The

The White Peacock was D. H. Lawrence's first novel. "It was begun in 1906, rewritten three times, and published in 1911. AIt has every fault that the English novel can have," Ford Madox Ford told him, but recognized it immediately as a work of genius. A compelling exploration of the estrangements of modern life; focusing on three relationships, he exploits the language and conventions of the rural tradition to illuminate man's alienation from the natural world.