Sons And Lovers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of early twentieth-century literature, Sons and Lovers is a richly autobiographical novel set in the coal-mining communities of Nottinghamshire, England. It chronicles the life of Paul Morel, a sensitive young man torn between the suffocating devotion of his mother, Gertrude, and his desperate search for identity and passionate connection with two very different women — the spiritual Miriam Leivers and the sensual Clara Dawes. Lawrence argues through Paul's struggles that the possessive bond between mother and son can cripple a man's capacity for mature love, presenting an unflinching psychological portrait of family, class, and desire. Written with lyrical intensity and raw emotional honesty, the novel stands as one of the most powerful explorations of the Oedipal complex in English literature. First published in 1913, Sons and Lovers remains essential reading and a defining work of literary modernism.
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Format: Paperback
Published: 1967, Penguin Books
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of early twentieth-century literature, Sons and Lovers is a richly autobiographical novel set in the coal-mining communities of Nottinghamshire, England. It chronicles the life of Paul Morel, a sensitive young man torn between the suffocating devotion of his mother, Gertrude, and his desperate search for identity and passionate connection with two very different women — the spiritual Miriam Leivers and the sensual Clara Dawes. Lawrence argues through Paul's struggles that the possessive bond between mother and son can cripple a man's capacity for mature love, presenting an unflinching psychological portrait of family, class, and desire. Written with lyrical intensity and raw emotional honesty, the novel stands as one of the most powerful explorations of the Oedipal complex in English literature. First published in 1913, Sons and Lovers remains essential reading and a defining work of literary modernism.