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Sons and Lovers Kindle Edition

by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (Author)

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File Size: 663 KB
Print Length: 402 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1619491389
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: May 17, 2012
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B0084B1P2Y
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Unsettling relationships ......

By Keith B. Hammond on February 7, 2013

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This Kindle version is not the unexpurgated test first published by Cambridge University Press in 1992, It is the version extensively edited by Edward Garnett and first published in 1913, and omits approximately 100 pages of Lawrence's original manuscript. Garnett also made several editorial changes to make the text less controversial for the times. This was the only version available to readers for almost 80 years after it was written.

"Sons and Lovers" is a semi-autobiographical novel in which the story's main protagonist, Paul Morel, struggles to maintain relationships with two female characters (Miriam and Clara) despite an almost Oedipian relationship with his mother, whose own disastrous marriage drives her to focus an abnormal amount of affection on her sons. Paradoxically he ends up killing his mother (out of kindness) rather than his father. Paul is a frustratingly complex individual and, for me, less than authentic. If this were not so evidently autobiographical I would be more skeptical. Lawrence himself, while the son of an essentially illiterate coal miner and a school teacher, attended Nottingham Grammar School and the University of Nottingham before becoming a teacher himself. His alter ego in the novel, Paul Morel, leaves school at the age of thirteen and becomes employed one year later, taking night school lessons and studying art. Despite his father and presumably his boyhood friends speaking in a thick East Midlands accent (although his mother does not) he seems to develop an almost unbelievably artiiculate manner of speech. Where does something like “Oh. You make me knit the brows of my very soul and cogitate” come from? It doesn’t ring true to me, although Lawrence himself was obviously very intelligent. Paul Morel lacks his education however.Read more ›

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

A NUMBING EARLY EXAMINATION OF OEDIPUS COMPLEX

By Schuyler T Wallace VINE VOICE on February 1, 2013

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We have, before us, a delicate subject; the male desire to obsessively love his mother coupled with intense hatred of his father. D.H. Lawrence admitted to being troubled by such feelings and expressed them in his third novel, "Sons and Lovers." Critics have named it to the top 100 best books of all time. First published in 1913 and originally carrying the title "Paul Morel," Lawrence wrote about a dysfunction that Sigmund Freud explored about the same time that became known as the Oedipus complex, so named for the Greek legend of King Oedipus. There's much more to it, of course, but basically "Sons and Lovers" is a sanitized version of Freud's later lengthy discourse.

There's no doubt that Lawrence suffered from such feelings, and his rambling autobiographical novel takes the reader into the deep feelings and troubled musings of Paul Morel, Morel's relationships with his mother and two lovers, hatred for his father, and the subsequent unhappy entry into a lonely life. The feelings are intense, the cogitation never ending, and the entire story is circuitous and based on decisions that sometimes seem poorly implemented.

There is no question that Lawrence embodies the classical writer with exceptional language skills and a talent for the portrayal of realistic scenes. One should read this novel, if for nothing else, to revel in the descriptions of the beautiful countryside, the inclement weather, and the community found in rural England's coal country. The passages describing the flora and fauna are mesmerizing in their detail and his descriptions of family life conjure up the simplicity of cooking, eating, and socializing that characterized subsistence during this time in history.

The plot is easy to follow but difficult to relate to.Read more ›

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

One of the Classics

By Barbara Woodward on January 31, 2013

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Not having read any DH Lawrence I was not sure what to expect. But I was impressed with the power and feeling of the writing, that reads like an autobiography. Excellent insight into life in an English mining village in the early part of the 20th century.

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Classic

By zoec on January 8, 2013

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There's something very satisfying about reading a book that requires some thought. Proof that sex does not have to be explicit to be integral to the story.

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Sons and Lovers

By John P. O'Sullivan on December 31, 2012

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I read this book for the second time, now as a retiree. The writing is good and the picture of industrializing England is interesting to an understanding of the industrial revolution and its varied effects upon individuals and the world.

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An amazing young talent

By Jason 'Shiroi Gaijin' Arbogast on December 18, 2012

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Besides some poetry, this is the first Lawrence book that I have read. Though this book is not considerably too long, I must admit that it took me a lot longer than usual to finish compared to works by other authors. The writing is not difficult to understand, and there are some excellent prose throughout, but the book just seemed to drag at certain points. Even if you haven't read this book, you probably know that this story is primarily about a mind-controlling mother, Mrs Morel, who ruins her 2nd son, Paul, by forcing him to devote all of his love and attention to her. What results with Paul are heartbreaking relationships with two women and a stifled career as an artist. The breadwinner of the Morel family, though not the head of the family by any means is Mr. Morel, simply referred to as Morel throughout the novel. Morel is an illiterate miner who spends whatever extra money he has on booze. Morel is also cruel and abusive, being despised by all the family members. As the novel progresses we see him age, become softer, but really never forgiven by the family. I found myself actually liking and pitying Morel the most by the end of the novel. Do a little research on D.H. Lawrence's life. He has left the world with an amazing amount of work in his 44 or 45 short years on earth. I will definitely read more of his work, the next likely being Lady Chatterley's Lover.

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Lawrence writes beautifully about the English countryside but this...

Lawrence writes beautifully about the English countryside but this book seriously needed an editor - too repetitive - to Facebooky in the way we are constantly updated on... Read more

Published 8 days ago by Laramie Flick

Three Stars

Free or almost free book - and thee book is a classic

Published 1 month ago by Richard Liber

Mother knows best, or does she?

In this novel the author tells a story about the relationship between a mother and her children especially her sons. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Diana S. Long

It held my attention. I could not wait to ...

It held my attention. I could not wait to get back to it when I am forced to suspend my reading, because of other urgent commitments.

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Not All I Thought It Could Have Been...

Thank You Amazon for this Free Classic. I didn't know what to expect, but this was to be a pointed story mothers and son strong love. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Christina Packard

so it takes a little to built in curiosity and flow but when it does...

I thought the last third of the book was engaging, psychological, with a little philosophical. The writing in the last third of the book was colorful and pleasant. Read more

Published 2 months ago by greg

This Free Kindle Edition is Flawless

Great Book and this Free Kindle edition is pretty much flawless, which is usually what i really want to know about these downloads.

Published 3 months ago by Hal Brodsky

classic novel.

I want to read all of D. H. Lawrences work . A lot of them are free for your Kindle . Lawrence had a strange relationship with his mother.
He tell about it in this novel.

Published 4 months ago by Amazon Customer

A mother's love, or curse?

In Sons and Lovers a mother raises three sons and a daughter. Two of her sons, William and Paul grow up but have trouble with women and their mother struggles with their choices... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Amazon Customer

It's D.H. Lawrence, what else should be said?

It's DH Lawrence. The writing is exceptional and the story told in a very realistic way. All the thoughts and feelings of the characters are felt to the core most of the time. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Vuk Ivanovic

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