is widely regarded as D. H. Lawrence's greatest novel. It is a continuation of

(1915), both novels originally having been intended as one novel,

, though in final form each work is self-contained. After difficulties in finding a publisher, understandable as

had been prosecuted for obscenity,

was eventually privately published in New York in 1920 and in London in 1921. It is clear that both

and

are major departures from the main tradition of the English novel with its emphasis on a realistic presentation of both character and environment. Lawrence's use of a heightened and more expressive prose than conventionally found in fiction led some of the first reviewers, such as Rebecca West in a review of

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