It was not until the 1992 Cambridge University Press edition was released that the missing text was restored. Garnett, as the literary advisor to the publishing firm Duckworth, was an important figure in leading Lawrence farther into the London literary world during the years 19. The original 1913 edition was heavily edited by Edward Garnett who removed 80 passages, roughly a tenth of the text. Lawrence, taken by many to be his earliest masterpiece, tells the story of Paul Morel, a young man and budding artist. And it was from then that he met Frieda Richthofen, and around this time that he began conceiving his two other great novels, The Rainbow and Women In Love, which had more sexual emphasis and maturity.ĭevelopment and publication history It tells us more about Lawrence's life and his phases, as his first was when he lost his mother in 1910 to whom he was particularly attached. While the novel initially received a lukewarm critical reception, along with allegations of obscenity, it is today regarded as a masterpiece by many critics and is often regarded as Lawrence's finest achievement. The novel was originally published by Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd., London, and Mitchell Kennerley Publishers, New York. It traces emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and his suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers, which exert complex influences on the development of his manhood. Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D.
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