Sons and Lovers - Tapa blanda

Sons and Lovers (1913) is the semi-autobiographical story of a young mans struggle for emotional independence. Trapped in a violent, loveless marriage to a man she considers socially inferior, Gertrude Morel devotes herself to her sons, William and Paul. When William leaves home and subsequently dies, she pours herself into the relationship with the younger son. Paul is torn between meeting Gertrudes demands and reconciling the conflicting feelings he has for two quite different lovers, Miriam and Clara.

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930), the son of a Nottinghamshire coalminer, escaped a future down the pit by becoming a schoolteacher. When illness forced him to give up teaching, he turned to full-time novel writing. Lawrence wrote some of the most important and controversial novels of the twentieth century, among them Lady Chatterley's Lover, Women in Love and The Rainbow. He was also a poet, essayist, literary critic and artist.