Have been feeling under the weather for the past few days, and as I write this my joints are starting to ache and my head get muzzy as the Lemsip wears off. It's just a cold but I'm feeling very sorry for myself. 'Sons and Lovers' was a bit weird, very autobiographical and Lawrence is very open about his over-riding love for his mother and how it ruins all his relationships with other women. Very honest, but blimey. The depiction of a mining family's life and the landscape of Nottinghamshire made it vivid and kept me reading. 'Cloven Country' must have been fun to write, an encyclopedia of all the places in England with connections to the Devil and the stories behind it. Interesting how many are due to the Victorians taking the devil on to an existing folk tale
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