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Sons and Lovers
About D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence (11th September 1885 - 2nd March 1930) was an English writer and poet. His works were influenced by the effects of modernity and industrialisation. His works explore issues such as sexuality, emotional health, vitality, and instinct.
Major Works
He wrote 'The Rainbow', 'Women in Love', 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' besides 'Sons and Lovers'. The main theme of this novel 'Sons and Lovers' is 'Family Psychology, and the Oedipus complex'.
Summary of 'Sons and Lovers'
The story focuses on Paul, who thinks death would reunite him with his mother, but he doesn't commit suicide and starts living a good life and gets over his mother's death. The author has focused on family relationships and it narrates the unhappy marriage between Mrs. Morel and a drinking coal-miner. Paul becomes very possessive of his mother's corpse even, not allowing his neighbors to see it.
The beauty of this novel is that it may be based on the author's own experience and self. It seems that most of the matter relates to the author's own early life in the midland coal-mining village of Eastwood. His father was a coal-miner with little education. In this novel, the family conflicts of the Morel couple are similar to the Lawrence couple. 'Sons & Lovers' narrates how conflicts usually take place in such places. Its presentation is original and touchy. This novel is Lawrence's most autobiographical work.
