The Woman Who Rode Away (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1920's or somewhat earlier
- Setting: Northern Mexico
- Principal Characters: The Woman, Lederman, Young Chilchui Indian
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Values, Religion, Native Americans or American Indians, Women, Adventure, Rites or ceremonies, Sacrifice
- Locales: Mexico
The Story
In this story of initiation, a Woman from Berkeley—the reader never learns her first name—the mother of two children, is restive and dispirited; her marriage to Lederman, a strong-willed rancher twenty years her senior, has long since lost its physical and spiritual vitality. Devoted to work, Lederman once morally swayed her, “kept her in an invincible slavery.” Now she yearns for adventure. Beyond the confines of her ranch live the Chilchui Indians, and she determines to ride out, alone, “to wander into the secret haunts of these timeless, mysterious,...
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