劳伦斯，英国现代著名小说家。本书选译了他的十个中短篇代表作，它们犹如展示一间房间陈设的许多面镜子，从各个不同的角度分别反映了作者的思想观点与创作主旨，同时也充分展现了他的高超的写作技巧。 劳伦斯（1885-1930），英国现代著名小说家。本书选译了他的十个中短篇代表作，从各个不同的角度展现了他在中短篇小说领域的成就。《普鲁士军宫》反映军官与士兵之间的紧张对峙。《马贩子的女儿》和《你抚摸了我》则表现了性的觉醒和冲突。《狐》以两个女了经营农庄为题材，在自然主义的表面下，含有丰富的象征意义。《处女与吉卡赛人》描写在禁欲主义的压抑气氛中成长起来的牧师女儿如何在一个英俊、强壮的吉卜赛青年身上感受到原始的生命力。入选的其余各篇也都是上乘之作，具有严肃的寓意和独特的艺术风格，值得品评和欣赏。

D.H. Lawrence often wrote for newspapers in his last years not only because he needed the money, but because he enjoyed producing short articles at the prompting of editors. He also wrote substantial essays such as the contentious introduction to his own volume of Paintings and the highly controversial Pornography and Obscenity. Written between 1926 and Lawrence's death in 1930, all thirty-nine articles are collected and edited in this volume, including two previously unpublished autobiographical pieces.