{"product_id":"sons-and-lovers-9781847497536","title":"Sons and Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of Alma Classics' Evergreens series of popular classics, \u003ci\u003eSons and Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e is presented here with an extensive critical apparatus and extra material, including a section of photographs and notes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the sensitive and delicate Gertrude begins to shrink from her drunken and violent husband, their marriage becomes a battleground. Gertrude turns increasingly towards her two eldest sons, William and Paul, and determines that they will not grow up to be coal miners living in poverty like their father. Yet soon William falls ill, and Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating influence through a series of relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClosely autobiographical, and widely considered to be the first English novel with a truly working-class background, \u003ci\u003eSons and Lover\u003c\/i\u003es is the affecting portrait of a mining family torn apart by class divisions and the conflict between filial love and the urge to follow one's own desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alma Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847497536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480","brand":"D. H. Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40994560311477,"sku":"9781847497536","price":6.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_13bb9e50-2efe-4e4d-a11a-7bb7dba68c68.jpg?v=1631626961","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sons-and-lovers-9781847497536","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}