Sons and Lovers

Zusatztext Lawrence's masterpiece... a revelation. (Anthony Burgess) Informationen zum Autor D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), English novelist, storywriter, critic, poet and painter, one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Among his works, Sons and Lovers appeared in 1913, The Rainbow (1915), Women In Love (1920), and many others. Blake Morrison was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, in 1950. His non-fiction books include And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), As If (1997), and Too True (1998), Things My Mother Never Told Me (2002), a collection of essays (and stories). Blake Morrison's first novel, The Justification of Johann Gutenberg, a fictional portrait of the 15th-century printer and the inventor of movable type, was published in 2000. Klappentext "Sons and Lovers" is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence, and the price of family bonds. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude Morel devotes her life to her sons. But conflict is inevitable when Paul seeks relationships with women to escape the suffocating grasp of his mother. As profoundly affecting today as it was nearly a century ago, this is the peerless Lawrence at his most personal. * Includes a new introduction, chronology, and further reading Zusammenfassung The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their father into working down the coal mines.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Baron, Helen Baron, D H Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence, Blake Morrison
• Assisted by: Carl Baron (Editor), Helen Baron (Editor), Baron Carl (Editor), Baron Helen (Editor), Blake Morrison (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9780141441443
• ISBN: 978-0-14-144144-3
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Nottinghamshire, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Biographical fiction, c 1900 to c 1909