The Short Story I Liked the Most

The story I liked the most was The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D.H. Lawrence. To me it's sort of like a classic little story of boy meets girl, boy saves girl, and boy falls in love. I really enjoyed this story a lot. It wasn't completely predictable. Jack didn't have any feelings for Mabel at the beginning, not until he saved her from drowning. Then, it was like his brain short-circuited and he knew that he loved her. It was almost as if he felt obligated to love her in the end. I'm not entirely certain that Mabel and Jack really had a true kind of love. It seems to me that they were both needy and lonely and wanted to force themselves to love the other. I am almost certain that there love did not last.

"The Horse Dealer's Daughter" by D. H. Lawrence (p. 471)

Mabel - short, sullen-looking, 27, not so good-looking, the servant of the house, felt established from having money, brutally proud, no friends, lived in the memory of her mother, went to church regularly, mindless, persistent, lonely, fearful, suicidal until she was saved by Joseph, whom to which she became betrothed
Joe - carefree, chews tobacco, the oldest, 33, broad and handsome, his face was red, black hair, thick, his eyes shallow and restless, brown eyes, curious, sarcastic
Fred Henry - the second brother, erect, clean-limbed, alert, cold-blooded, brown hair, well-tempered, blue eyes
Malcolm - the youngest brother, 22, the baby of the family, jaunty nose
Lucy - the other sister, doesn't live close by to the rest of the family
Jack Fergusson - young with a slight Scotch accent, doctor, slave to the countryside, works a lot, undetermined, fearful, also lonely, weak, a hero for saving Mabel, a bit too proud, thought himself to be too good for Mabel but ended up loving her anyway
Joseph Parvin - the father of the family, uneducated, fairly large horse dealer, married twice, died and left his children in debt