Sons and Lovers

David Herbert Lawrence

Cambridge University Press, 2002 - Fiction - 675 pages

Now printed in full for the first time, Sons and Lovers is D. H. Lawrence's most widely read novel and one of the great works of twentieth-century literature. In 1913, at the time of its first publication, Lawrence reluctantly agreed to the removal of no fewer than eighty passages which until now have never been restored. This edition presents the novel in the form that Lawrence himself wanted - about one tenth longer than the incomplete and expurgated version that has hitherto been available. The introduction of this edition relates much new information about Lawrence's two-year struggle to write his autobiographical masterpiece. The notes document many previously unknown sources, and indicate Lawrence's preoccupation with key contemporary issues such as women's rights, and the impact of evolutionary theory on religion and ethics. Published in two volumes.

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SONS AND LOVERS

User Review  - Kirkus

When Sons and Lovers was first seen by its reading public in 1913, its publishers had in fact, out of caution and timidity, shortened Lawrence's originally submitted version by about ten percent—cuts ...

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User Review  - Steve TK - Goodreads

This semi-autobiographical novel is important in understanding Lawrence's relationships to class, to his mother, and to love and sex. And it's a remarkably modern read, considering that it was ...

Contents

• I: vii
• II: ix
• III: xi
• IV: xvi
• V: xix
• VI: xxi
• VII: xxiv
• VIII: xxviii
• IX: xxxi
• X: xxxix
• XI: xlix
• XII: l
• XIII: liii
• XIV: lv
• XV: lvi
• XVI: lvii
• XVII: lix
• XVIII: lx
• XIX: lxiii
• XX: lxxi
• XXI: lxxii
• XXII: lxxviii
• XXIII: 1
• XXIV: 9
• XXVI: 37
• XXVII: 61
• XXVIII: 82
• XXIX: 108
• XXX: 141
• XXXI: 173
• XXXII: 218
• XXXIII: 255

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sons and Lovers; The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence; Works, David Herbert Lawrence
• Author: David Herbert Lawrence
• Editors: Helen Baron, Carl Baron
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0521007186, 9780521007184
• Length: 675 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Psychological