| Sons and Lovers Contributor(s): Lawrence, D. H. (Author), Demott, Benjamin (Introduction by), Jackson, Dennis (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0451530004 ISBN-13: 9780451530004 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: In this famously autobiographical work, Lawrence paints a portrait of an artist torn between affection for his mother and his desire for two young beauties. Revised reissue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006273739 |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 4.26" W x 6.84" (0.46 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Topical - Family - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: D. H. Lawrence's great autobiographical novel paints a provocative portrait of an artist torn between affection for his mother and desire for two beautiful women. Set in the Nottinghamshire coalfields of Lawrence's own boyhood, the story follows young Paul Morel's growth into manhood in a British working-class family. Gertrude Morel, Paul's puritanical mother, concentrates all her love and attention on Paul, nurturing his talents as a painter. When she muses that he might marry someday and desert her, the attentive son swears he will never leave her. Then Paul falls in love--with not one woman but two--and must eventually choose between them.... |