The Rocking-Horse Winner (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: 1920
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Paul, Hester, Oscar Cresswell, Bassett
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Gambling, Greed, Horses, Materialism, Racing
- Locales: England
The Story
“The Rocking-Horse Winner” relates the desperate and foredoomed efforts of a young boy to win his mother's love by seeking the luck that she bitterly maintains she does not have. By bringing her the luxurious life for which she longs, Paul hopes to win her love, to compensate her for her unhappiness with his father, and to bring peace to their anxious, unhappy household. He determines to find luck after a conversation with his mother, in which she tells him that she is not lucky, having married an unlucky husband, and that it is better to have luck than money...
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