{"product_id":"2026200008902-secondhand-sons-and-lovers","title":"Sons And Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of early twentieth-century literature, Sons and Lovers is a deeply autobiographical novel that chronicles the coming-of-age of Paul Morel, a sensitive young man growing up in the English Midlands coalfields. Set against the grimy backdrop of a Nottinghamshire mining community, the novel presents an achingly intimate portrait of family tension, class struggle, and the suffocating bonds of maternal love. D.H. Lawrence argues through Paul's experience that a mother's possessive devotion can distort and damage a son's ability to form meaningful romantic relationships, as Paul struggles to reconcile his passionate attachments to two very different women — the spiritual Miriam and the vivacious Clara. Written with raw psychological intensity and lyrical prose, the novel remains one of the most powerful studies of the Oedipal complex and working-class life ever committed to the page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956419670235,"sku":"2026200008902-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/06ffc2ff-cd86-46e7-936c-f5bb0dbcb093.png?v=1783500815","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008902-secondhand-sons-and-lovers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}