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In a story by this author, a doctor stops Mabel Pervin from drowning herself after the death of her father, the title “Horse-Dealer.” This author wrote a novel in which Lady Jane and John Thomas represent body parts of the protagonists. In a story by this author, a child whose mother wants to send him to Eton makes bets with the gardener Bassett. (10[1])Gerald tries to calm a horse in front of the sisters Gudrun and Ursula in this author’s novel Women in Love. This author, (10[1])who wrote about a (10[1])house that says, “There must be more money” in one story, wrote (10[1])a novel in which Constance has an affair with the gamekeeper Oliver (10[1])Mellors. (10[2])For 10 points, name this author of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: D. H. Lawrence [or David Herbert Lawrence] (The story in the first line is “The Horse-Dealer’s Daughter.”)
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