Palimpsest of Twilight is a collection of short stories by D.H. Lawrence, published in 1923. The stories explore themes of love, death, and the human condition. The collection is divided into three sections. The first section, “The Twilight of Love,” contains stories about love and relationships. In “The White Stocking,” a young woman is torn between her love for a married man and her desire to remain faithful to her husband. In “The Blind Man,” a blind man is forced to confront his own mortality when he falls in love with a woman who is dying. The second section, “The Twilight of Death,” contains stories about death and mortality. In “The Dead Man’s Walk,” a man is haunted by the death of his beloved wife. In “The Shadow of Death,” a woman is forced to confront her own mortality when she is diagnosed with a terminal illness. The third section, “The Twilight of the Human Condition,” contains stories about the human condition. In “The Man Who Lived Twice,” a man is forced to confront his own mortality when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. In “The Woman Who Lived Again,” a woman is forced to confront her own mortality when she is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Palimpsest of Twilight is a powerful collection of stories that explore the complexities of love, death, and the human condition. Lawrence’s writing is vivid and evocative, and his stories are filled with insight and emotion.
By D.H. Lawrence · First published 1918 · Genre: Modernist Literature, Romanticism, Fantasy