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Why did D.H. Lawrence end his engagement to Louie Burrows?
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D.H. Lawrence
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In 1911–1912, D.H. Lawrence broke off his engagement to Louie Burrows as part of a major life transition. During this period, Lawrence suffered a severe bout of pneumonia, which prompted him to leave his teaching career to pursue writing full-time, preferably abroad.1
Most significantly, his decision to end the engagement coincided with him falling in love with and eloping with Frieda Weekley, the wife of a professor at Nottingham.1