Sons and Lovers

The first mature book by D.H. Lawrence is regarded as Sons and Lovers. The novel's significant psychological insights into the nuanced interactions between the son's mother and other women set it apart from other books. The majority of the book is autobiographical and depicts Lawrence's life in the coalfields of Nottinghamshire before he left home. Perhaps for the first time in English literature a working-class setting is represented. A conflicted artist is depicted in this intriguing image divided between his love for his controlling mother and his longing for two attractive young women. Paul's puritanical mother Gertrude focuses all of her love and care on her son. She develops his artistic abilities. He pledges that he won't get married and leave her when she worries that he might.