num_pages: 420
description: With great sensitivity and perception, Lawrence draws on his own experience and explores the close emotional ties that were to dominate so much of his life.The Morel family, live on the Nottingham coalfield. Mrs. Morel is disillusioned with her husband, a hard-drinking miner, and centres all her expectations on her sons, especially Paul.As Paul Morel grows older, tensions develop in this relationship; and his passions for two other women become involved in a fatal conflict of love and possessiveness.
language: English
title: Sons and Lovers
titlecomplete: Sons and Lovers
characters: Gertrude Morel, Paul Morel, Walter Morel
genres: Literature, Fiction, Romance, English Literature, 20th Century, Banned Books, Classic Literature, British Literature, Novels, Classics
ratings_count: 52260
places: England, Nottingham, England, Nottinghamshire, England
publisher: Penguin Books