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The Plumed Serpent
Set in post-revolutionary Mexico, it follows Kate Leslie, an Irish tourist who becomes entangled with two charismatic men leading a radical religious movement.
"The Plumed Serpent" by D. H. Lawrence is a political, mythological, and romance novel. Set in post-revolutionary Mexico, it follows Kate Leslie, an Irish tourist who becomes entangled with two charismatic men leading a radical religious movement.
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It was the Sunday after Easter, and the last bull-fight of the season in Mexico City. Four special bulls had been brought over from Spain for the occasion, since Spanish bulls are more fiery than Mexican. Perhaps it is the altitude, perhaps just the spirit of the western Continent which is to blame for the lack of “pep,” as Owen put it, in the native animal.
Although Owen, who was a great socialist, disapproved of bull-fights, “We have never seen one. We shall have to go,” he said.
“Oh yes, I think we must see it,” said Kate.
Away he rushed to the place where they sold tickets, to book seats, and Kate went with him. As she came into the street, her heart sank. It was as if some little person inside her were sulking and resisting. Neither she nor Owen spoke much Spanish, there was a fluster at the ticket place, and an unpleasant individual came forward to talk American for them.
It was obvious they ought to buy tickets for the “Shade.” But they wanted to economise, and Owen said he preferred to sit among the crowd, therefore, against the resistance of the ticket man and the onlookers, they bought reserved seats in the “Sun.”
The show was on Sunday afternoon. All the tram-cars and the frightful little Ford omnibuses called Camions were labelled Torero, and were surging away towards Chapultepec. Kate felt that sudden dark feeling, that she didn’t want to go.
“I’m not very keen on going,” she said to Owen.
Contents
- 01Chap: I. Beginnings of a Bull-Fight.
- 02Chap: II. Tea-Party in Tlacolula.
- 03Chap: III. Fortieth Birthday.
- 04Chap: IV. To Stay or Not to Stay.
- 05Chap: V. The Lake.
- 06Chap: VI. The Move Down the Lake.
- 07Chap: VII. The Plaza.
- 08Chap: VIII. Night in the House.
- 09Chap: IX. Casa De La Cuentas.
- 10Chap: X. Don Ramón and Doña Carlota.
- 11Chap: XI. Lords of the Day and Night.
- 12Chap: XII. The First Waters.
- 13Chap: XIII. The First Rain.
- 14Chap: XIV. Home to Sayula.
- 15Chap: XV. The Written Hymns of Quetzalcoatl.
- 16Chap: XVI. Cipriano and Kate.
- 17Chap: XVII. Fourth Hymn and the Bishop.
- 18Chap: XVIII. Auto Da Fe.
- 19Chap: XIX. The Attack on Jamiltepec.
- 20Chap: XX. Marriage by Quetzalcoatl.
- 21Chap: XXI. The Opening of the Church.
- 22Chap: XXII. The Living Huitzilopochtli.
- 23Chap: XXIII. Huitzilopochtli’s Night.
- 24Chap: XXIV. Malintzi.
- 25Chap: XXV. Teresa.
- 26Chap: XXVI. Kate Is a Wife.
- 27Chap: XXVII. Here!
- 28Transcriber’s note
About this edition
- Author
- D. H. Lawrence
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 538 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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