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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. (10[2])In a story by this author, a child whose mother wants to send him to Eton makes bets with the gardener Bassett. Gerald tries to calm a horse (10[1])in front of the sisters Gudrun and Ursula (10[1])in this author’s novel Women in Love. (10[4])This author, who wrote about a house that says, “There must be more money” in one story, wrote a novel in which Constance has an affair with the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and Lady Chatterley’s (10[1])Lover. ■END■

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