The Horse Dealers Daughter

Short Story Analysis : The Preparation for Mabel’s Transfiguration In the short story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D. H. Lawrence, Mabel Pervin feels as though she lives in two opposite worlds. The fantasies and thoughts of her long time dead mother seem to her more real than her home life and brothers. Before Mabel fell in love with Jack Fergusson, she believed that taking her life would be more beneficial than continuing to …

…most valuable time is the only place she can feel a connection between her and her lost mother. This paradox developed in Lawrence’ s story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” influences Mabel to the extent that she possesses a strong desire to drown herself to death. Fortunately, she is saved by Jack Fergusson and the love they find guides Mabel into a whole new way of thinking. Soon her whole outlook on life changes drastically.