Josephine Ford's seduction of him leads that character to eventually destroy the titular flute.
In one short story by this author, a French letter from Elise is translated by an unnamed narrator for Maggie Goytes, who loves Joey, the titular bird. In addition to that short story, this author wrote a novel in which the protagonist leaves his wife Lottie so he can have "perfect singleness," only to be seduced by the former fiancée of Jim Bricknell. Josephine Ford's seduction of him leads that character to eventually destroy the titular flute. Another novel by this author sees the protagonist quickly become attached to the older and married Clara Dawes and at the end of the novel, Gertrude Morel dies. In another novel by this author of The Plumed Serpant and the "Odour of Chrysanthemums," the titular character's husband had a crippling injury causing him to use a motorized wheelchair, sexually frustrating Connie. For 10 points, name this British author of Aaron's Rod, Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley's Lover.
In one short story by this author, a French letter from Elise is translated by an unnamed narrator for Maggie Goytes, who loves Joey, the titular bird.
David Herbert {Lawrence}