Sons and Lovers (Signet Classics) Mass market paperbound - 2005
by Lawrence, D. H
- Used
In this famously autobiographical work, Lawrence paints a portrait of an artist torn between affection for his mother and his desire for two young beauties. Revised reissue.
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Details
- Title Sons and Lovers (Signet Classics)
- Author Lawrence, D. H
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Signet
- Date December 6, 2005
- Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # W10I-00282
- ISBN 9780451530004 / 0451530004
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 6.84 x 4.26 x 1.18 in (17.37 x 10.82 x 3.00 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, England
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006273739
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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About this book
Though it is the author’s third novel, Sons and Lovers is often regarded as D.H. Lawrence’s masterpiece. The autobiographical work, which was originally titled Paul Morel after its protagonist, was set in motion with the death of Lawrence’s mother, Lydia. The author used the opportunity to reexamine his childhood, his relationship with his mother, and her psychological effect on his sexuality.
Sons and Lovers had already been rejected by one publisher when Lawrence sent the manuscript to Edward Garnett of Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd. Garnett made extensive editing suggestions and still — after Lawrence rewrote the manuscript for the fourth time — cut 80 passages, about 10% of the work, before its 1913 publication.
At the time of publication, Sons and Lovers was criticized for being obscene. But the novel endured. It has been adapted for film multiple times, including the Academy Award winning 1960 film. The Modern Library placed it ninth on their list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century.
Summary
Gertrude Morel, Paul’s puritanical mother, concentrates all her love and attention on Paul, nurturing his talents as a painter. When she muses that he might marry someday and desert her, the attentive son swears he will never leave her. Then Paul falls in love—with not one woman but two—and must eventually choose between them.…
From the publisher
First Edition Identification
Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd. first published Sons and Lovers in the UK in 1913. First editions have dark blue binding, gold lettering stamped on the upper cover and spine, and a 20-page segment of publisher's advertisements at the end. There are at least two or three issues of the first edition: copies have been noted both with the bound-in title without date and with the tipped-in title with the date on the copyright page.
