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The Prussian Officer

By: D.H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe
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In "The Prussian Officer", there is an anti-militarism theme, unpopular as the nation drew near to war, and an examination of latent homosexuality as the officer in the story struggles with his feelings for his orderly. The young soldier is driven beyond his breaking point, but finds a kind of redemption in his final return to natural surroundings and, symbolically, he finds equality in death with his tormentor as they are put side by side in the mortuary.

Public Domain (P)2022 Alan Avery
Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Short Stories World Literature

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