Sons and lovers

By David Herbert Lawrence

Subjects: England, fiction, Working class families, Fiction, family life, Fiction, Mothers and sons, fiction, Young men

Description: Paul Morel is the focus of his disappointed and fiercely protective mother's life. Their tender, devoted, and intense bond comes under strain when Paul falls in love with Miriam Leivers, a local girl his mother disapproves of. The arrival of the provocatively modern Clara Dawes causes further tension and Paul is torn between his individual desires and family allegiances.