Project Gutenberg 2022-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 156 Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 Lawrence, D.H. Lawrence, David Herbert Davison, Lawrence H. (Lawrence Herbert) The Last Laugh $aUnited States :$bThe Ainslee Co.,$c1926. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "The Last Laugh" by D. H. Lawrence is a short story written in the early 20th century. This literary work explores the themes of laughter, perception, and the complexities of human emotions, particularly through the interactions between its characters in a snowy London setting. The narrative follows an intriguing encounter between a deaf woman named Miss James, a skeptical man in a bowler hat, and a young policeman as they navigate the nighttime streets and engage in a surreal exploration of sound and laughter. The story begins with Miss James and a man depicted as having a sardonic demeanor encountering each other in the snow-dusted streets of Hampstead. Their dialogue becomes steeped in irony and layered meanings as they converse about perceiving laughter that the others cannot hear. The narrative unfolds further with their encounter with the policeman, intertwining playful yet profound interactions regarding the nature of laughter and existence. As the plot develops, elements of mystery emerge with the introduction of a woman linked to the man in the bowler hat. The surreal atmosphere climaxes with laughter echoing through the church, embodying a transformation in perception and reality. Ultimately, "The Last Laugh" gives voice to the complexity of human experience and the epiphanies arising from moments of connection, abstracted through the lens of the characters’ differing realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/sim_ainslees_1926-01_56_5 20211204034253lawrence 1926 US Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Short stories England -- Fiction Paranormal fiction PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: British Literature 62476 2025-06-26T11:20:40.203287 text/html 62281 2022-01-01T11:01:19 text/html 302781 2025-06-26T11:20:42.780294 application/epub+zip 301574 2025-06-26T11:20:41.104302 application/epub+zip 205990 2025-06-26T11:20:40.615287 application/epub+zip 789698 2025-06-26T11:20:44.070326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 782608 2025-06-26T11:20:42.419272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 820430 2022-09-30T06:58:16.964903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55075 2025-06-26T11:20:40.062283 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54766 2022-01-01T11:01:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19279 2025-06-26T11:20:44.197268 application/rdf+xml 28627 2025-06-26T11:20:40.805278 image/jpeg 4478 2025-06-26T11:20:40.710294 image/jpeg 20352 2022-01-01T11:01:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 302229 2022-01-01T11:01:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 314843 2025-06-26T11:20:40.216323 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia