The Prussian Officer (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1914
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1914, before World War I
- Setting: Germany
- Principal Characters: The captain, Schoner
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Death or dying, Military life or service, Soldiers
- Locales: Germany
The Story
In this classic story of sexual repression and tension that, when released, explodes into maddened violence, D. H. Lawrence examines the psychology of two men, both German soldiers. The captain, a Junker aristocrat, tall, muscular, and an expert horseman, is accustomed to domineering his soldiers just as he subjugates horses. He is, however, isolated from the vital life of other soldiers; fortyish and unmarried, he has had occasional mistresses but has always returned from their arms with greater tension and irritability after he resumes his military duties. Cold,...
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