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ReviewsThe Modern Library of the World's Best Books "No other writer with his imaginative standing has in our time written books that are so open to life." -- Alfred Kazin "There is no novel in english literature which comes so close to the skin of life of working class people, for it records their feelings in their own terms." -- V. S. Pritchett From the Hardcover edition., The Modern Library of the World's Best Books "No other writer with his imaginative standing has in our time written books that are so open to life." -- Alfred Kazin "There is no novel in english literature which comes so close to the skin of life of working class people, for it records their feelings in their own terms." -- V. S. Pritchett
SynopsisOne of the world's most original works of fiction from one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. - "No one ever wrote better about the power struggles of sex and love." --Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning Author of The Golden Notebook Gertrude Morel is a refined woman who married beneath her and has come to loathe her brutal, working-class husband. She focuses her passion instead on her two sons, who return her love and despise their father. Trouble begins when Paul Morel, a budding artist, falls in love with a young woman who seems capable of rivaling his mother for possession of his soul. In the ensuing battle, he finds his path to adulthood tragically impeded by the enduring power of his mother's grasp. SONS AND LOVERS confirmed Lawrence's genius and inaugurated the controversy over his explicit writing about sexuality and human relationships that would follow him to the end of his career., Introduction by David Ellis The struggle for power at the heart of a family in conflict, the mysteries of sexual initiation, and the pain of irretrievable loss are the universal motifs with which D. H. Lawrence fashions one of the world's most original autobiographical novels. Gertrude Morel is a refined woman who married beneath her and has come to loathe her brutal, working-class husband. She focuses her passion instead on her two sons, who return her love and despise their father. Trouble begins when Paul Morel, a budding artist, falls in love with a young woman who seems capable of rivaling his mother for possession of his soul. In the ensuing battle, he finds his path to adulthood tragically impeded by the enduring power of his mother's grasp. Published on the eve of World War I, SONS AND LOVERS confirmed Lawrence's genius and inaugurated the controversy over his explicit writing about sexuality and human relationships that would follow him to the end of his career., One of the world's most original works of fiction from one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. * "No one ever wrote better about the power struggles of sex and love." --Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-winning Author of The Golden Notebook Gertrude Morel is a refined woman who married beneath her and has come to loathe her brutal, working-class husband. She focuses her passion instead on her two sons, who return her love and despise their father. Trouble begins when Paul Morel, a budding artist, falls in love with a young woman who seems capable of rivaling his mother for possession of his soul. In the ensuing battle, he finds his path to adulthood tragically impeded by the enduring power of his mother's grasp. SONS AND LOVERS confirmed Lawrence's genius and inaugurated the controversy over his explicit writing about sexuality and human relationships that would follow him to the end of his career.
LC Classification NumberPR6019.O9