- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (25 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140621601
- ISBN-13: 978-0140621600
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 30,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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No other writer with his imaginative standing has in our time written books that are so open to life." --Alfred Kazin
Sons and Lovers is a great novel because it has the ring of something written from deeply felt experience. The past remembered, it conveys more of Lawrence's own knowledge of life than anything else he wrote. His other novels appear somehow artificial beside it --Kate Millet, Critic
Sons and Lovers is a great novel because it has the ring of something written from deeply felt experience. The past remembered, it conveys more of Lawrence's own knowledge of life than anything else he wrote. His other novels appear somehow artificial beside it --Kate Millet, Critic --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Sons and Lovers is a great novel because it has the ring of something written from deeply felt experience. The past remembered, it conveys more of Lawrence's own knowledge of life than anything else he wrote. His other novels appear somehow artificial beside it --Kate Millet, Critic
Sons and Lovers is a great novel because it has the ring of something written from deeply felt experience. The past remembered, it conveys more of Lawrence's own knowledge of life than anything else he wrote. His other novels appear somehow artificial beside it --Kate Millet, Critic --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Set in 1900s, this is a lushly descriptive and highly autobiographical portrayal of a young man growing up in class-divided Nottingham
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is of course the masterwork by one of the great influential writers of the 20th century. It's autobiographical content is not only an explanation of the evolving souls of its characters, the Morel family and those they love, but a brilliant evocation of life in a working-class mining town and the struggle to escape such roots. It's one of those must read texts!
Or rather, in the audio edition, it's become a must-listen text. Paul Slack, a former RSC actor and now the principal voice of Lawrence through his one-man touring production, Phoenix Rising, gives a virtuoso reading performance during which he brings to life the characters in all their rich vernacular and character.
Normally, I'd prefer a book over an audio version unless I wanted something to listen to while driving, but this is such a fine rendering they did add significant value to the original book, particularly as the accent, indeed patois of the mining village is so important to the quality of the novel and its dialogue.
Or rather, in the audio edition, it's become a must-listen text. Paul Slack, a former RSC actor and now the principal voice of Lawrence through his one-man touring production, Phoenix Rising, gives a virtuoso reading performance during which he brings to life the characters in all their rich vernacular and character.
Normally, I'd prefer a book over an audio version unless I wanted something to listen to while driving, but this is such a fine rendering they did add significant value to the original book, particularly as the accent, indeed patois of the mining village is so important to the quality of the novel and its dialogue.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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to the point where I started to find the book tiresome. Don't get me wrong, I love all of Lawrence's books but somehow this one just didn't grab me.
It is basically the story of a mining family and the love of a Mother for her son (shades of Oedipus Complex here I thought). Paul Morel will do nothing without his Mother's approval. If she says she likes something or someone then Paul will too but he is torn between Miriam a farmer's daughter and Clara a married woman. In turns, he is both kind and cruel to each of them in turn. The fact that he cannot make a decision drove me to distraction and I began to wonder if indeed he was gay.
When his Mother dies he is free at last but is he?
The writing and prose employed in this book is brilliant but somehow it just lacked that something special unlike say the novella 'The Virgin and the Gypsy' which really grabs the reader.
It is basically the story of a mining family and the love of a Mother for her son (shades of Oedipus Complex here I thought). Paul Morel will do nothing without his Mother's approval. If she says she likes something or someone then Paul will too but he is torn between Miriam a farmer's daughter and Clara a married woman. In turns, he is both kind and cruel to each of them in turn. The fact that he cannot make a decision drove me to distraction and I began to wonder if indeed he was gay.
When his Mother dies he is free at last but is he?
The writing and prose employed in this book is brilliant but somehow it just lacked that something special unlike say the novella 'The Virgin and the Gypsy' which really grabs the reader.
21 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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A critic once remarked that this is a book best appreciated in adolesence. Yes, I agree - that is when I first read it, but I also feel that this book, along with the short stories, are the perfect introduction to DHL. This is vintage DHL, the golden period post the early mistakes of over-writing and before the preaching mania took hold.
Think "Angela's Ashes", and you have the Morel family: mismatched and locked in eternal combat, yet held together by unknowable forces. At times, the writing soars on wings of pure poetry, and the ending, for me, foreshadowed Dylan Thomas at his best. It has also been said that this book begins as a 19th century novel, and ends as a 20th century one. DHL manages to straddle the best footholds in both traditions: good, clear story-telling, excellent characterisation, humour, pathos and psychological insight. For me, personally, the author he emulates most closely is Emily Bronte with her sense of another world beneath this physical one. Miriam's aching love for Paul echoes Catherine's and Heatchcliff's - it is frightening and choking, and that is why he must break from her. Reading this book is like seeing the world through a new pair of specs. Indeed, DHL makes everyday household objects tremble with life! Enjoy! And use it as a springboard to the more "difficult" novels.
Think "Angela's Ashes", and you have the Morel family: mismatched and locked in eternal combat, yet held together by unknowable forces. At times, the writing soars on wings of pure poetry, and the ending, for me, foreshadowed Dylan Thomas at his best. It has also been said that this book begins as a 19th century novel, and ends as a 20th century one. DHL manages to straddle the best footholds in both traditions: good, clear story-telling, excellent characterisation, humour, pathos and psychological insight. For me, personally, the author he emulates most closely is Emily Bronte with her sense of another world beneath this physical one. Miriam's aching love for Paul echoes Catherine's and Heatchcliff's - it is frightening and choking, and that is why he must break from her. Reading this book is like seeing the world through a new pair of specs. Indeed, DHL makes everyday household objects tremble with life! Enjoy! And use it as a springboard to the more "difficult" novels.
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the way it was
The language in the book was beautiful, with exquisite descriptions. It was a very interesting look at life a century ago in working class England. Read more
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