Introduction by David Ellis The struggle for power at the
heart of a family in conflict, the mysteries of sexual initiation,
and the pain of irretrievable loss are the universal motifs with
which D. H. Lawrence fashions one of the world's most original
autobiographical novels. Gertrude Morel is a refined woman who
married beneath her and has come to loathe her brutal,
working-class husband. She focuses her passion instead on her two
sons, who return her love and despise their father. Trouble begins
when Paul Morel, a budding artist, falls in love with a young woman
who seems capable of rivaling his mother for possession of his
soul. In the ensuing battle, he finds his path to adulthood
tragically impeded by the enduring power of his mother's grasp.
Published on the eve of World War I, SONS AND LOVERS confirmed
Lawrence's genius and inaugurated the controversy over his explicit
writing about sexuality and human relationships that would follow
him to the end of his career.
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