Seven of the best Lawrence stories, each turning on some facet of sexual feeling, attitude, or convention. -The Prussian Officer- focuses on an aristocratic captain's homoerotic obsession for his young orderly. -The Shadow in the Rose Garden- and -The White Stocking- deal with sexual jealousy. -Daughters of the Vicar- brilliantly describes two exceedingly class-conscious mating rituals. -The Christening,- -Second Best- and -Odour of Chrysanthemums- etch memorable portraits of a family's shame at an illegitimate birth, a country courtship, and a brutish marriage abbreviated by death. Note.
