2009年10月25日日曜日

Review-3; Love among the Haystacks

Title; Love among the Haystacks

Author; D. H. Lawrence

Publisher(Level); Oxford University Press (2)

Summary;
This is a love story of two contrary men and two contrary women. Geoffrey and Maurice are brothers working at their father's farm piling up the hay. Maurice, the younger brother, is a good-looking young man and strong with a quick bright tee and a ready smile. On the contrary, Geoffrey is a tall, heavy young man, and is full of strong feelings but they burn silently inside him. He hates Maurice because he suffers from an inferiority complex. Both of them were shy of women and neither of them knew what to say to a woman or how to win her love.There was a beautiful German girl. Her name is Paula and she is and charming. At first, both of the brothers felt in love with her and they often fought. But one day, Geoffrey found that Paula liked Maurice better and Maurice began to see her.One working day, in the afternoon, the brothers and their father ate their meal sitting down in the shade of a big tree. Then, a woman came there. Her clothes were neat and tidy, but she had a pretty five while there was a hard, cold look in her eyes. At a glance, Geoffrey found she felt alone in the world as he felt. And she seemed to feel the same. In that night, because of a heavy rain, Maurice and Paula couldn't come home from the hayfield and spent the night together. Geoffrey found it and felt miserable, and then he went back to the shed and lay there. Then, a woman, who he met in that afternoon, came there, and they had a good talk. Her name is Lydia. The next morning, he declared his love for her and she also did so.A few days later, Paula was engaged to Maurice, and Geoffrey and Lydia stayed true. (309 words)

Review; 3 stars
The theme of this story is the conflict between twee contrary brothers. I enjoyed how each brother approached a woman they loved. The woman the brothers loved wren fascinating. And I like the atmosphere of this story which makes me feel nature. I enjoyed this book, but there are too many characters in this story, so it was a little hard to read and understand for me. It may be easy to understand if I read the original book. So I evaluate it at 3 stars. (86 words)

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