The Fox

What makes for a successful novella and how good is Lawrence's 'The Fox'? Without the space available in the full novel, the author of a novella has to focus on a limited cast. This is usually the relationship between a couple with the occasional outsider to trigger a conflict, or bring about a realisation of the reality of the relationship. In The Fox the original couple are Banford and March who are probably lesbians but the appearance of the young soldier, Henry, makes March change her breeches for a skirt and commit herself to marriage with the younger man.