Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16431 in Books
• Published on: 1995-04-27
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines. But conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Set in Lawrence's native Nottinghamshire, "Sons and Lovers" (1913) is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.

Customer Reviews

A la recherche du temps perdu
Endlessly repetitive with no concept of plot development. I too remember having this foisted on me for A Levels and vowed never to touch it again. Until that is, it came up on my Amazon "tailored" list of recommendations. Then the old red mist descended and I felt I had to do something to balance out the ridiculously hagiographic reviews accompanying this ragbag of a text and save countless souls from the purgatory of having to endure Lawrence's endless ramblings about tortured souls who cant make their minds up as to whose knickers they want to get their grubby little paws in.

Don't forget the rhubarb
When you read this novel look out for the rhubarb in the garden. It is brilliant writing, DH was just the right thing to read for A level and I have such memories of discussing it in class with the brilliant Mr Meredith.

Superb
The book itself is brilliant; my only concern is that this particular edition is deceptive. I hadn't realised I'd be buying a book with such a bad cover, its basically green paper and not the cover shown on Amazon, it was laziness that kept me from returning it. I honestly was appalled; it felt as if it would come apart in my hands.