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katepolka's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this novel by imagist poet H.D. it’s a Roman a clef of the time she lived in Bloomsbury, London during WW1, when she was married to Richard Aldington. H.D. had had a miscarriage and her husband was having an affair, so she was in a very vulnerable state. Then in walk DH and Frieda Lawrence. I loved the writing style - poetic, full of imagery as you’d expect, so claustrophobic in the London rooms and then free when she moves away to Cornwall. An honest and emotional portrayal of her feelings about free love. The novel about her life before this is called Her - I don’t know why they are both out of print because they’re brilliant.
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