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D. H. Lawrence

Photograph at the D. H. Lawrence black plaque

Lawrence Way D. H. Lawrence was born on 11th September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire and was the fourth child of a Nottinghamshire coalminer. Lawrence was an author of novels, short stories, poems, plays, travel books and letters. His novels Sons & Lovers, Lady Chatterleys Lover, The Rainbow and Women in Love made him one of the most important English writers of the 20th century.

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