These three novellas display D H Lawrence's brilliant & insightful evocation of human relationships
- both tender & cruel
- & the devastating results of war In The Fox two young women living on a small farm during the First World War find their solitary life interrupted As a fox preys on their poultry a human predator has the women in his sights The Captain's Doll explores the complex relationship between a German countess & a married Scottish soldier in occupied Germany while in The Ladybird a wounded prisoner of war has a disturbing influence on the Englishwoman who visits him in hospital