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🗓️ 24 January 2025
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"The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence: The story revolves aound a young boy who is desperately seeking the love of his mother, whose love for her family has been overshadowed by her desire for money and material things, and who feels that luck left her long ago. The boy discovers a psychic connection with a gift rocking horse which promises to provide answers to his mother's unhappiness, a psychic connection which takes a heavy toll. #shortstories #therockinghorsewinner #1001Classic ShortStories
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0:00.0 | The |
0:07.0 | The The Rocking Horse winner is a short story by D.H. Lawrence. |
0:33.7 | It was first published in July 1926 in Harper's Bazaar and subsequently appeared in the first volume of Lawrence's collected short stories. |
0:42.2 | It was made into a full-length film directed by Anthony Pallazier and starring John Howard Davies, Valerie Hobson, and John Mills. |
0:50.5 | The film was first released in 1949. |
0:53.9 | Many great authors are influenced mightily by their upbringing, and Lawrence was no exception. The film was first released in 1949. |
0:58.3 | Many great authors are influenced mightily by their upbringing, and Lawrence was no exception. |
1:04.9 | His father was a barely literate coal miner, and his mother worked grudgingly in a lace factory for years. |
1:08.9 | The two rarely getting along, their home a very unhappy one. |
1:12.0 | His mother never satisfied with her marriage nor her lot in life. If you were to label this short story an autobiographical fantasy, you wouldn't |
1:17.8 | be far from the truth. The story revolves around a boy who is desperately seeking the love |
1:22.8 | of his mother, whose love for her children has been overshadowed by her desire for money |
1:27.0 | and material things, |
1:28.5 | believing that her luck left her long ago. |
1:31.4 | The boy discovers a psychic connection with his gift rocking horse, |
1:34.9 | which promises to provide answers to his mother's desire for wealth and a better life. |
1:39.9 | All in all, many people consider it to be one of the great classic short stories, |
1:44.0 | and it is a tense piece that will keep you guessing right down to the end. |
1:49.9 | And now the Rocking Horse winner by D.H. Lawrence, Part 1. |
1:56.1 | There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. |
2:03.1 | She married for love, and the love turned to dust. |
2:06.7 | She had bunny children. |
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