Sons and lovers / Lawrence, D. H

Called the most widely read English novel of the twentieth century, D.H. Lawrence's largely auto-biographical "Sons and Lovers tells the story of Paul Morel, a young artist growing into manhood in a British working-class community near the Nottingham coalfields. His mother Gertrude, unhappily married to Paul's hard-drinking father, devotes all her energies to her son. They develop a powerful and passionate relationship, but eventually tensions arise when Paul falls in love with a girl and seeks to escape his family. Heralding Lawrence's mature period, "Sons and Lovers vividly evokes the all-consuming nature of possessive love and sexual attraction. Lushly descriptive and deeply emotional, it is rich in universal truths about human relationships.

Paul Morel's childhood and early manhood in the English midlands are deeply affected by his devotion to and concern for his dominating mother.

Paul Morel, a painter from a British working-class family, is unable to choose between his possessive mother and two young beautiful women.

The story of the emotional crises of Paul Morel, a painter growing to manhood in the Nottingham coalfields. He is caught in a conflict between his possessive mother of middle class aspirations and the love of two young, beautiful women.

Paul Morel, a painter from a British working-class family, is unable to choose between his possessive mother and two young beautiful women.