Miriam’s Farm: The Story of Haggs Farm edited by Clive Leivers

Description

D.H.Lawrence found in Haggs Farm, its residents and the surrounding Nottinghamshire countryside inspiration for his first novel The White Peacock and models for Miriam’s farm and family in Sons and Lovers.  The essays in this collection explore Lawrence’s relationship to Haggs farm and the Chambers family who lived there, particularly Jessie who was Lawrence’s first love and who played a vital role in encouraging his early development as a writer.  81pp, illus.