Project Gutenberg 2024-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 237 Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885 1930 Lawrence, D.H. Lawrence, David Herbert Davison, Lawrence H. (Lawrence Herbert) The Plumed Serpent $aLondon :$bWilliam Heinemann, $c1926, reprint 1948. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plumed_Serpent Carla Foust, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Plumed Serpent" by D. H. Lawrence is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores themes of cultural identity and existential dread through the experiences of the main characters, Kate and Owen, as English expatriates navigating life in Mexico. Their journey leads them to confront the tumultuous nature of love, the human condition, and the brutality of local customs, particularly in the backdrop of bullfighting. At the start of the narrative, we find Kate and Owen attending what is advertised as an exhilarating bullfight in Mexico City. However, the lively atmosphere quickly devolves into a grim spectacle as the couple is horrified by the violence and bloodshed witnessed during the event. While Owen is more captivated by the thrill of the fight, Kate grapples with revulsion and disillusionment, feeling trapped within the sadism of the show and the surrounding crowd. The chapter lays a heavy emphasis on their conflicting reactions and sets the stage for Kate's internal struggle with the oppressive reality of her environment, foreshadowing deeper themes of societal brutality and individual anguish. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015000632243 20220120044616lawrence 1926 GB Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Widows -- Fiction Political fiction Mexico -- Fiction Revolutions -- Fiction Irish -- Mexico -- Fiction Cults -- Mexico -- Fiction Serpent worship -- Fiction Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 1130713 2025-07-29T07:42:02.638741 text/html 1104847 2024-05-22T16:05:29 text/html 628613 2025-07-29T07:42:16.685653 application/epub+zip 624509 2025-07-29T07:42:04.813693 application/epub+zip 541563 2025-07-29T07:42:03.735736 application/epub+zip 815354 2025-07-29T07:42:25.178727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 750665 2025-07-29T07:42:15.613659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1013040 2025-07-29T07:41:58.305761 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 993173 2024-05-22T16:05:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17771 2025-07-29T07:42:25.401586 application/rdf+xml 7546 2025-07-29T07:42:03.983703 image/jpeg 1737 2025-07-29T07:42:03.858709 image/jpeg 609773 2025-07-29T07:42:02.732722 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