BR 1-13 Selected Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence

The voice did not sound human.(p.41)

This book has many short stories. So I read the story named THE LOVELY LADY.

Pauline Attenborough is 72 years old, but she looked much younger. When a soft light shone on her, she could look as young as 30. She had a lovely figure and face. She had left husband named Ronald many years ago. They had had two sons. The Eldest son named Henry had died. The second son named Robert is 32 years old. When Henry was died, Robert was only 10. Robert lives with his mother and works as a lawyer in London. A big young woman lives with them. Her name is Ciss. She is a niece of Pauline. Her father is Ronald Attenborough’s younger brother. He had died five years ago. So she depended on her aunt Pauline. She was in love with Robert, but she had never told him. Ciss is very shy and Robert also too. One day Ciss heard the voice when she was basking in the sun shine. It is her dead cousin, Henry’s voice!

It is the mystery story. What is the reason that she is youthful? What happens to Ciss's love with Robert? Is the voice Henry's? I read it with a pounding heart.

D.H., Lawrence. Donnelly, Karen. Collins, Anne. (2007). Selected Short Stories by D.H. Lawrence. Oxford:Macmillan Readers.

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