Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers is the third published novel of D.H. Lawrence, taken by many to be his earliest masterpiece. It tells the story of Paul Morel, a young man and a budding artist. This autobiographical novel is a brilliant evocation of life in a working class mining community.

Standard editions

• Sons and Lovers (1913), edited by Helen Baron and Carl Baron, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0521242762
• Paul Morel (1911-12), edited by Helen Baron, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0521560098 - an early manuscript version of Sons and Lovers