England, My England is a collection of short stories published by D. H.
Lawrence. Between 1913 and 1921, various pieces were initially written,
many of them against the backdrop of World War I. Most of these versions
were printed in periodicals or newspapers. Later, Lawrence chose ten and
thoroughly rewrote them for the book England, My England. Thomas Seltzer
in the US released this on October 24th, 1922. Martin Secker released
the first UK edition in 1924. An Englishwoman is left with her husband's
parents while he is away at war. She receives a letter addressed to her
husband from his mistress. The translator leaves out that the woman and
her child are coming to England, and tells him also what he told the
man's wife. A young boy is adopted by a family that is without any male
children. The boy, now a young man, visits the patriarch of the family
when war breaks out. He asks the father for the daughter's hand in
marriage, even though she is old enough to be his mother. Samson and
Delilah tell the story of a woman whose husband abandoned her and her
newborn child to go mining for gold.