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The Man Who Loved Islands

By: D.H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Paul Metcalfe
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The Man Who Loved Islands is a haunting story of a man who tries to control his life by making his world ever smaller by moving to increasingly smaller islands. Each one proves to be beyond his ability to control either other people or his sexual desire, and finally the last island conquers him. The story can even be seen as a metaphor of man's inexorable march to death, when we are all finally alone.

Public Domain (P)2022 Alan Avery Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Short Stories World Literature Fiction
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This is a wonderful short story by D H Lawrence, and beautifully read by Paul Metcalfe.

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