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Sons and lovers

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885-1930 (Author).

Summary: The 1913 novel was partly autobiographical and was set in the coal mining village of Bestwood. The parents of the central character, Paul, are Mr and Mrs Morel who are a vigorous and heavy-drinking miner and a well-educated, pretty intellectual respectively. We learn of Paul's successful brother and sister, William and Annie, but are soon drawn into Paul's world. He is still in his teens but works in a factory producing surgical appliances but becomes sick and spends his time with Miriam Leivers who he falls in love with. Their love is made difficult by Miriam's intense and religious nature and the fondness Paul's mother has for him that is protective to the point of dependence. As Paul reaches his early twenties he becomes passionate and makes love to Miriam but this ecstasy spells the end for their relationship. The latter stages of the novel concern Paul's next passion - Mrs Clara Dawes - and her vengeful husband. In the end, with Mrs Morel's slow death, we find that the closest and most meaningful bond is held between mother and son. The novel is notable for being the first English novel to be genuinely working-class in origin and focus.

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  • ISBN: 0140188320 (1994 Penguin Books)
  • ISBN: 1853260479 (1993 Wordsworth Classics pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0521432219 (1992 Cambridge University Press)
  • ISBN: 0679405720 (1991 Everyman's Library hc.)
  • ISBN: 0140431543 (1981 Penguin English Library pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0140006680 (1948 Penguin Books)
  • ISBN: 1593080131 (2003 Barnes & Noble pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780140188325 (1994 Penguin Books)
  • ISBN: 9781853260476 (1993 Wordsworth Classics pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780521432214 (1992 Cambridge University Press)
  • ISBN: 9780679405726 (1991 Everyman's Library hc.)
  • ISBN: 9780140431544 (1981 Penguin English Library pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780140006681 (1948 Penguin Books)
  • ISBN: 9780307291554 (2009 Premier Classics trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781593080136 (2003 Barnes & Noble pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) ; cm.
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Modern Library, [c1922].

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General Note:
1922 Modern Library edition has an introduction by John Macy.
1991 Everyman's Library edition has an introduction by David Ellis.
1994 Penguin Books edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Helen Baron and Carl Baron.
First published in 1913.
1981 Penguin English Library paperback edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Keith Sagar.

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Subject: Working class -- Fiction
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
Coal mines and mining -- Fiction
England -- Fiction
Genre: Autobiographical fiction.
Love stories.
Historical fiction.
Classic fiction.

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