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Sons and Lovers (Penguin Classics)

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by: D. H. Lawrence See Larger Image List Price: $12.00 Amazon.com's Price: $8.57 You Save: $3.43 (29%) as of 12/21/2009 14:31 EST Used Price: $3.99 Collectible Price: $12.00 Third Party New Price: $5.95 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912 EAN: 9780141441443 ISBN: 0141441445 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: November 28, 2006 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Features: ISBN13: 9780141441443 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices Related Items: Women in Love (Penguin Classics) Lady Chatterley's Lover The Rainbow (Signet Classics) To The Lighthouse The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Excellent Read i approached this book reluctantly as i felt that it was far to detached from my current surroundings to have a note of relevance. I was pleasantly shocked and rewarded for my efforts at broadening my range of classics, this novel is an amazing tale of love and the complexities of family in relation to it. If you haven't read it do so! Rating: - Sons and Lovers: D.H. Lawrence's Unforgettable tale of life in a Nottingham miner's home DH Lawrence was born in Nottingham, England in 1885. He died at age 44 in Vence, France in 1930. In between those birth and death dates he created great fiction. His first big book and, probably, still his greatest is "Sons and Lovers." The novel is highly autobiographical. Walter Morel is a crude, hard drinking miner who has no intellectual interests. He weds the etheral and lovely Gertrude. The couple have four children: William, Annie, Paul and Arthur. William, the eldest, is a good ... Read More

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