[ Lawrence / The Virgin and the Gypsy ]
This novella by famed British writer D. H. Lawrence was written in 1926 but not published until 1930, the year of Lawrence's death.
The first Newfoundland reference is in Chapter 4:
Nothing would ever get that woman under. She would despise the rectory and the rectory morality, utterly! She would strangle Granny with one hand. And she would have the same contempt for Daddy and for Uncle Fred, as men, as she would have for fat old slobbery Rover, the Newfoundland dog. A great, sardonic female contempt, for such domesticated dogs, calling themselves men.
The novel's second Newf reference is in Chapter 5:
She remained soft and remote in her amazement. Expect Leo to propose to her! She might as well have expected old Rover the Newfoundland dog to propose to her. Get engaged, to any man on earth? No, good heavens, nothing more ridiculous could be imagined!
Rover is referred to by name once more in Chapter 5:
Meanwhile she heard the hoarse deep roaring of that old fool, Rover, punctuated by the yapping of that young idiot, Trixie.
His name occurs once again in the novel, but only in connection to his kennel.