CliffsNotes on Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

By Rita Granger Shaw

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

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.