Sons and Lovers (Sons and Lovers)

Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It traces the emotional conflicts of the protagonist, Paul Morel, through his suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers, each of whom exerts complex influences on the development of his manhood. Sons and Lovers is a semiautobiographical novel by D.H. Lawrence, published in 1913. His first mature novel, it is a psychological study of the familial and love relationships within a working-class English family.