Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers is D. H. Lawrence’s early masterpiece and one of the great autobiographical novels in English, published in 1913. It follows Paul Morel, a sensitive young man growing up in a Nottinghamshire coal-mining family, torn between a brutish, drinking father and a refined, possessive mother whose fierce love both sustains and cripples him. As Paul reaches toward manhood and toward the women he loves, he finds that his bond with his mother stands between him and any life of his own. Drawing closely on Lawrence’s own youth, the book brings the working-class world of the mines to vivid life while probing the deepest ties of family and desire. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete novel.
About the Author
D. H. Lawrence (1885 to 1930) was an English novelist, poet, and essayist, the son of a Nottinghamshire miner. His frank and passionate novels about love, class, and the body made him one of the most influential and controversial writers of the twentieth century.
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