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About
New Eve and Old Adam' was written by D H Lawrence in 1912. The story is largely autobiographical, telling the simple tale of an argument between a husband and wife, reflecting the difficult time Lawrence and his new wife Frieda were having. What was the place of a woman to be in a modern marriage? Lawrence argued that it was the woman's place to submit, or unhappiness would ensue at it did in this story. The wife is unable to submit to her husband and the marriage disintegrates.