Aaron's Rod

Aaron's Rod is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1922. The protagonist of this picaresque novel, Aaron Sisson, is a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an amateur, but talented, flautist. His dream is to become recognized as a professional musician. Many incidents in the novel have direct parallels with events in Lawrence's own life.