The Rocking Horse Winner [Paperback]

D. H. Lawrence (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2004

But he became a partner. And when the Leger was coming on, Paul was "sure" about Lively Spark, which was a quite inconsiderable horse. The boy insisted on putting a thousand on the horse, Bassett went for five hundred, and Oscar Cresswell two hundred. Lively Spark came in first, and the betting had been ten to one against him. Paul had made ten thousand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419180835
• ISBN-13: 978-1419180835
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,048,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying, January 19, 2008

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AR (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rocking Horse Winner (Travelman Short Stories) (Paperback)

What D.H. Lawrence did so well in this short story was how he fully depicts the potent yet unverbalized influences on the psyche of the boy, as well as the subsequent changes in his feeling and behavior. If I were asked to explain the story to a third person, I would say, "Read it!"

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Death rock..., February 4, 2008

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Draconis Blackthorne (The Haunted Noctuary) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rocking-Horse Winner (Paperback)

The Rocking Horse Winner is truly a tragic tale about a boy whose golden heart and gift for clairvoyance ultimately led to his demise, because of excessive, counter-productive greed and confusion besetting his mother, who adhered to a misunderstanding of the application of motivational greed, as opposed to an unbalanced obsession. Love and luck were equated according to the amount of money in the coffers.

By a series of prognostications, the boy did bring the precious cash forth, all the while rocking violently on his magical rocking horse, which was actually a tool of mediation and focus for him to assuage the winning horse in the day's race. He was eventually driven insane by the a-dolt's pre-occupation until his demise.

Ironically, in one scene, his mother admonished him to cast away his childish ways, when she herself did not realize her own compulsion.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A poetic Injustice, June 3, 2003

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Will Labet (Skidmore Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rocking Horse Winner (Creative Short Stories) (Library Binding)

This story is one of tragedy, and loss. A boy doing anything to gain his mothers approval in one way or another. As some would say it revolves around lust, but those are the few whom...nevermind. This would be a very complex story for almost everyone on a mature level. Though some score this story pretty low I give it a 5 out of 5. So if I were you (but i'm not) I would pick this story up and analyze it for all its worth I swear you will see everything in a new light and feel what so many others do.