D.H. Lawrence: The Short Stories: A Modern Lover; The Old Adam; The Lesson on a Tortoise; Her Turn; A Fly in the Ointment

This collection brings together five of Lawrence's short stories from 1907-13 and ranges across all his major early styles and themes. They portray his distinctive vision of relations between men and woman, as well as social and economic life and human nature in general. The stories here concentrate on the details and dramas of everyday living, yet Lawrence is able to make these familiar things seem both vivid and strange, drawing the listener into intense participation with the thoughts and emotional experiences of his characters.



David Shaw-Parker has worked in theatres throughout Britain. He has acted in many radio plays for both BBC World Service and Radio 4 and has made numerous appearances on both BBC and commercial television.