num_pages: 479
description: Called the most widely read English novel of the twentieth century, D.H. Lawrence’s largely autobiographical book tells the story of Paul Morel, a young artist growing in manhood in a British working-class community near the Nottingham coalfields. His mother, unhappily married to Paul’s hard-drinking father, devotes all her energies to her son. They develop a powerful and passionate relationship, but eventually tensions arise when Paul falls in love with a girl and seeks to escape his family ties. Torn between his desire for independence and his abiding attachment to his loving but overbearing mother, Paul struggles to define himself sexually and emotionally through his relationships with two women - the innocent, old-fashioned Miriam Leivers, and the experienced, provocatively moder Clara Dawes.
language: English
title: Sons and Lovers
titlecomplete: Sons and Lovers
characters: Gertrude Morel, Walter Morel, Paul Morel
genres: 20th Century, Novels, Literature, English Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Banned Books, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 52242
places: Nottingham, England, England, Nottinghamshire, England
publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics