Shortly after this, Henry, a young man, comes to stay with the women, and a link is established between the fox and Henry. The fox becomes a hindrance to Banford and March, but March finds she cannot hunt it, and rather, she becomes entranced by it. For example, they sell a heifer before it calves. The women are depicted as fearful of femininity and fertility. However particular emphasis is given to March's face, which is feminine and expressive. Banford is thin and frail, in contrast to her companion who is physically masculine. Although they are only in their late twenties, in that era women who were still single at their age were generally considered to have forgone the prospect of marriage.
A fox has raged through the poultry, and although the women-particularly the more masculine Nellie-have tried to shoot the intruder, he seems always to elude traps or gunshot.īanford and March live on a farm together because it does not look like they will marry. Without the help of any male laborers, Nellie March and Jill Banford struggle to maintain a marginal livelihood at the Bailey Farm. Lawrence's other major works, deals with the psychological relationships of three protagonists in a triangle of love and hatred. Set in Berkshire, England, during World War I, The Fox, like many of D. Lawrence which first appeared in The Dial in 1922. For the 2018 novel by Frederick Forsyth, see The Fox (Forsyth novel). For the 2007 novel by Sherwood Smith, see The Fox (Smith novel).
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