Description
Odour of Chrysanthemums was written by D H Lawrence in 1911 Lawrence is at his best in this story taken from the scenes of his childhood and based on characters he knew intimately He reworked the story in the play The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd but in this short story version Lawrence sees the tragic episode through the eyes of the wife The theme of a loveless marriage redeemed by death is one which Lawrence was to come back to in other stories
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