num_pages: 546
description: Lawrence's first major novel explores ordinary working-class life from the inside. Describing the intimacies enforced by a tightly-knit mining community, it is also the story of Paul Morel, who is caught between his need for his family and his quest to define himself sexually and emotionally.
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 Modern Classics