Sons and Lovers

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Introduction and Notes by Dr Howard J. Booth, University of Kent at Canterbury.

This novel is Lawrence's semi-autobiographical masterpiece in which he explores emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and his suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers.

Lawrence's novels are perhaps the most powerful exploration in the genre in English of family, class, sexuality and relationships in youth and early adulthood.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. vii)
• Part 1
• 1. The Early Married Life of the Morels (p. 3)
• 2. The Brith of Paul, and Another Battle (p. 28)
• 3. The Casting Off of Morel--The Taking on of William (p. 46)
• 4. The Young Life of Paul (p. 58)
• 5. Paul Launches Into Life (p. 83)
• 6. Death in the Family (p. 113)
• Part 2
• 7. Lad-and-Girl Love (p. 143)
• 8. Strife in Love (p. 180)
• 9. Defeat of Miriam (p. 215)
• 10. Clara (p. 251)
• 11. The Test on Miriam (p. 276)
• 12. Passion (p. 299)
• 13. Baxter Dawes (p. 338)
• 14. The Release (p. 375)
• 15. Derelict (p. 406)