The Plumed Serpent by D. H. Lawrence
"The Plumed Serpent" by D. H. Lawrence is a political, mythological, and romance novel published in 1926. Set in post-revolutionary Mexico, it follows Kate Leslie, an Irish tourist who becomes entangled with two charismatic men leading a radical religious movement. Don Ramón and General Don Cipriano seek to abolish Christianity and restore ancient Aztec gods to power. As Kate is drawn deeper into their world, she faces a fateful choice about marriage
and her role in their dangerous vision for Mexico's spiritual transformation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 |
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| Title | The Plumed Serpent |
| Original Publication | London: William Heinemann, 1926, reprint 1948. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plumed_Serpent |
| Credits | Carla Foust, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Widows -- Fiction |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Mexico -- Fiction |
| Subject | Revolutions -- Fiction |
| Subject | Irish -- Mexico -- Fiction |
| Subject | Cults -- Mexico -- Fiction |
| Subject | Serpent worship -- Fiction |
| Subject | Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 73677 |
| Release Date | May 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1050 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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