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THE WHITE PEACOCK A NOVEL
BY D. H. LAWRENCE
NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1911
Copyright, 1911, by DUFFIELD & COMPANY
THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK
CONTENTS
PART I
I. The People of Nethermere
II. Dangling the Apple
III. A Vendor of Visions
IV. The Father
V. The Scent of Blood
VI. The Education of George
VII. Lettie Pulls Down the Small Gold Grapes
VIII. The Riot of Christmas
IX. Lettie Comes of Age
PART II
I. Strange Blossoms and Strange New Budding
II. A Shadow in Spring
III. The Irony of Inspired Moments
IV. Kiss When She's Ripe for Tears
V. An Arrow from the Impatient God
VI. The Courting
VII. The Fascination of the Forbidden Apple
VIII. A Poem of Friendship
IX. Pastorals and Peonies
PART III
I. A New Start in Life
II. Puffs of Wind in the Sail
III. The First Pages of Several Romances
IV. Domestic Life at the Ram
V. The Dominant Motif of Suffering
VI. Pisgah
VII. The Scarp Slope
VIII. A Prospect Among the Marshes of Lethe
PART I
CHAPTER I
THE PEOPLE OF N