num_pages: 432
description: One of the world's most original works of fiction from one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. • "No one ever wrote better about the power struggles of sex and love." —Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning Author of The Golden NotebookGertrude Morel is a refined woman who married beneath her and has come to loathe her brutal, working-class husband. She focuses her passion instead on her two sons, who return her love and despise their father. Trouble begins when Paul Morel, a budding artist, falls in love with a young woman who seems capable of rivaling his mother for possession of his soul. In the ensuing battle, he finds his path to adulthood tragically impeded by the enduring power of his mother’s grasp. SONS AND LOVERS confirmed Lawrence’s genius and inaugurated the controversy over his explicit writing about sexuality and human relationships that would follow him to the end of his career.
language: English
title: Sons and Lovers
titlecomplete: Sons and Lovers
characters: Gertrude Morel, Paul Morel, Walter Morel
genres: Fiction, English Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Banned Books, 20th Century
ratings_count: 52255
places: England, Nottingham, England, Nottinghamshire, England
publisher: Everyman's Library