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Sons and lovers, D.H. Lawrence

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Sons and lovers, D.H. Lawrence
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Sons and lovers
Oclc number
516971
Responsibility statement
D.H. Lawrence
Series statement
Everyman's library
Summary
Semiautobiographical novel by D.H. Lawrence, published in 1913. His first mature novel, it is a psychological study of the familial and love relationships of a working-class English family. The novel revolves around Paul Morel, a sensitive young artist whose love for his mother, Gertrude, overshadows his romances with two women: Miriam Leivers, his repressed, religious girlfriend, and Clara Dawes, an experienced, independent married woman. Unable to watch his mother die slowly of cancer, Paul kills her with morphine. Despite losing her and rejecting both Miriam and Clara, Paul harbors hope for the future
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