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SOUND REFERENCES IN LITERATURE



785.

The nephew took his seat beside the driver. The cab began to quiver, then it started forward with a whirr.

D.H. Lawrence, 'The Primrose Path,' from England, My England, Penguin, 1966, p. 144.

TIME: early 20th C.

PLACE: London, England

CIRCUMSTANCE: a late-night cab ride

 

786.

The red lights flared over the deepening darkness. From the foundry came the horrible, slow clang, clang, clang of iron, a great noise, with an interval just long enough to make it unendurable.

D.H. Lawrence, 'Fanny and Annie,' from England, My England, Penguin, 1966, p. 176.

TIME: early 20th C.

PLACE: rural England

CIRCUMSTANCE: a woman returns to a foundry town

 

787.

They 'pinged' the door-bell, and her aunt came running forward out of the kitchen... They were interrupted by the ping of the shopbell, and Harry's call of 'Right!'

D.H. Lawrence, 'Fanny and Annie,' from England, My England, Penguin, 1966, p. 177-179.

TIME: early 20th C.

PLACE: rural England

CIRCUMSTANCE: a woman visits her aunt's sweet-shop.


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