Horse Dealer's Daughter

A detailed Summary of Horse Dealer's Daughter

In D. H. Lawrence's "The Horse Dealers Daughter", the short story writer and

novelist depicts the struggles of a women who tries to deal with the collapse of her

family and the non existent relationship between her and her brothers. We see the

main character, Mabel, wanting to be loved by someone but is unable to find it as the

story takes place. As stated by Ford, "Lawrence uses a transparent, omniscient

narrator, a specific and natural local, clearly motivated characters, and complex,

psychological conflicts...For the story to be dramatized realistically.(Ford 240)

In the beginning of the story we learn that the main character Mabel is subject

to the constant ragging of her three brothers. "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" even

sounds like the name of a fairy tale, and Mabel Pervin is a version of Cinderella. She

is oppressed by her three brutish brothers, the prescribed number out of fairy tales.

She does the dirty work in the household, cleaning up while they sit around and call

her "the sulkiest bitch that ever trod." Mabel has no fairy godmother to transform her

into a princess. Instead, she must find her own salvation; her new life must be

Mabel is forced by her brothers to find a

and that he wants to be with her. She doesn't seem as if Fergussons proclamation

the estate after their family has lived their for so long. She tells her brothers that she

as the watchful eye of Dr. Fergusson sees her descend into the pond. This leads

wrapping her naked in some blankets. When she comes round, she elicits from the

Mabel frightened and upset when Fergusson proclaims that he wants to marry her

that terrible intonation which frightened her." (Votteler 233). The story ends with

way to tend to patients in surgery. Dr. Fergusson pays careful attention to Mabel as

Approximate Word count = 1171
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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