CliffsNotes on Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

By Rita Granger Shaw

Subjects: Literary Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Sons and lovers (Lawrence, D.H.), Nonfiction, Literature, history and criticism, European

Description: Paul Morel is a sensitive son of an English miner. He is devoted to his mother and torn between his love for Miriam and his bond with his mother. He rejects Miriam and turns to an older, married woman, but soon discovers that he cannot fully love a woman while his mother is alive.