'The splendid Cambridge Edition of the Letters of D. H. Lawrence is most welcome. It has all the virtues of a good modern scholarly edition of a writer's letters. Though one has already been familiar with many aspects of Lawrence's personality in his other writings, this comprehensive edition of his letters projects a cohesive self-portriat of the living artist.' English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature

• List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Rules of transcription; Lawrence: a genealogy; Lawrence: a chronology, 1885–1913; Maps showing places visited by Lawrence, 1885–1913; Introduction; Letters 1-579; Index.

'The splendid Cambridge Edition of the Letters of D. H. Lawrence is most welcome. It has all the virtues of a good modern scholarly edition of a writer's letters. Though one has already been familiar with many aspects of Lawrence's personality in his other writings, this comprehensive edition of his letters projects a cohesive self-portriat of the living artist.' English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature

• List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Rules of transcription; Lawrence: a genealogy; Lawrence: a chronology, 1885–1913; Maps showing places visited by Lawrence, 1885–1913; Introduction; Letters 1-579; Index.

'The splendid Cambridge Edition of the Letters of D. H. Lawrence is most welcome. It has all the virtues of a good modern scholarly edition of a writer's letters. Though one has already been familiar with many aspects of Lawrence's personality in his other writings, this comprehensive edition of his letters projects a cohesive self-portriat of the living artist.' English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literature

• List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Rules of transcription; Lawrence: a genealogy; Lawrence: a chronology, 1885–1913; Maps showing places visited by Lawrence, 1885–1913; Introduction; Letters 1-579; Index.