num_pages: 384
description: Torn between his passion for two women and his abiding attachment to his mother, young Paul Morel struggles with his desire to please everyone ― particularly himself. Lawrence's highly autobiographical novel unfolds against the backdrop of his native Nottinghamshire coal fields, amidst a working-class family dominated by a brutish father and a loving but overbearing mother. Lushly descriptive passages range from celebrations of natural beauty and sensual pleasures to searing indictments of the social blight engendered by industrialism. Essential reading for any study of 20th-century literature.
language: English
title: Sons and Lovers
titlecomplete: Sons and Lovers (Dover Thrift Editions)
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: Dover Publications