num_pages: 493
description: Sons and Lovers is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence, and the price of family bonds. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude Morel devotes her life to her sons. But conflict is inevitable when Paul seeks relationships with women to escape the suffocating grasp of his mother. As profoundly affecting today as it was nearly a century ago, this is the peerless Lawrence at his most personal.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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: Penguin Classics