The Blind Man | The Blind Man

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Author: D. H. Lawrence
First Published: 1922
Type of Plot: Psychological
Time of Work: Shortly after World War I
Setting: The English Midlands
Principal Characters: Maurice Pervin, Isabel Pervin, Bertram (“Bertie”) Reid
Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Blindness or blind persons, Friendship, Pregnancy, England or English people, Farms, farmers, or farming, World War I, Depression, mental, Animals, Wounds or injuries, Touch
Locales: England

Maurice Pervin, a world war veteran, has settled on a farm in the English Midlands after being blinded in combat during his second tour of army duty in Flanders. He and his wife, Isabel, have employed a tenant couple to manage the farm. Maurice discusses details of production with his manager and assists him with such tasks as attending to the domestic animals, while Isabel continues to review books for a Scottish newspaper. She is pregnant and the Pervins are both anxious about the child because their firstborn died in infancy during Maurice's initial posting in...

The Blind Man | The Blind Man

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