Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence Reviews

Sons and Lovers is a 'classic' novel from the much celebrated writer D H Lawrence. The story is apparently semi autobiographical and is set in early 20th century Nottinghamshire, England. The book is about the Morel family, who live in a mining town where life revolves around the pit. The main character of the book is Paul Morel, but ...  Read the complete review

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence was his first major novel, written in 1913. It has some profoundly autobiographical elements to it, not least in the character of Mrs Morel, Paul Morel's protective and demanding mother. The book is based in a very working-class community and some commentators believe it to be the first novel with this ...  Read the complete review

The Fox, written by D.H. Lawrence chronicles the life of two women at the beginning of the 1920’s: Banford and March. Banford is a small, delicate and physically weak woman with spectacles and ‘it did not look as if she would marry’. In contrast there was March, who was ‘more robust’ and ‘would be the man ...  Read the complete review

I was first introduced to the works of D H Lawrence by my English literature teacher, a lady to whom I am deeply indebted for her insight into the works of D H Lawrence (and for explaining the naughty bits to a naïve Sixth Former!) and I have since read and re-read many of his novels. But my favourite remains the largely autobiographical ...  Read the complete review