The Dark Flower

by John Galsworthy · 1913

A man's three great loves across the seasons of his life, in Galsworthy's study of passion and fidelity.

Books mentioned in The Dark Flower (6)

• Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle: “Her present was on the sideboard, a book called 'Sartor Resartus.'”
• Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes: “from his favourite passage out of his favourite book, 'Don Quixote.'”
• King Lear by William Shakespeare: “these together with 'Hamlet' and 'King Lear' were all she had seen.”
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare: “these together with 'Hamlet' and 'King Lear' were all she had seen.”
• Fort Comme la Mort by Guy de Maupassant: “He took up Sylvia's book, De Maupassant's 'Fort comme la mort'.”
• The Bard of the Dimbovitza by Carmen Sylva and Alma Strettell: “The stars rejoice to watch thee on thy way. —From 'The Bard of the Dimbovitza.'”