Brief Encounter meets Tristan und Isolde - on the Isle of Wight, under a vast sky florid with stars. The consequence is tragic indeed for one of the parties, Siegmund, when he sacrifices family life for a few days’ transcendent rapture. His lover, the self-contained Helena, is strong enough to bear a return to the scruffy suburbs. Redemption of a kind is granted to the deserted wife, Beatrice. But between these robust Lawrentian women Siegmund is cancelled out. His love-death is no cosmic swoon but a sordid exit in an unkempt box-room. In this very British romance, there is no earthly escape from outworn attachments and life’s deadening routine... (Summary by Martin Geeson)...

Fiction

...The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by British author D.H. Lawrence. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family, particularly focusing on the sexual dynamics of, and relations between, the characters. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

Literature

...ht. As each grows up and moves away, she must release him. But Paul, she holds; they have a bond that defies time and the attractions of young women. Lawrence originally intended the book's title to be Paul Morel and it is on this son - and his lovers - that he spends the bulk of his tale. The strong mother can make a success of her son, but if he cannot learn to leave his...

Fiction

...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ..................................... 432 4 Sons & Lovers SONS AND LOVERS D. H. LAWRENCE PART ONE CHAPTER I THE EARLY MARRIED LIFE OF THE MORELS “THE B ... .................................. 432 4 Sons & Lovers SONS AND LOVERS D. H. LAWRENCE PART ONE CHAPTER I THE EARLY MARRIED LIFE OF THE MORELS “THE B OTT... ...he sandstone among the woods, the railway ran, past the ruined priory 5 D.H. Lawrence of the Carthusians and past Robin Hood’s Well, down to Spinney ... ...sandstone among the woods, the railway ran, past the ruined priory 5 D.H. Lawrence of the Carthusians and past Robin Hood’s Well, down to Spinney Par... ...mother. “I told you!” he said, running to the dresser for his cap. 7 D.H. Lawrence “Take your pudding in your hand—and it’s only five past one, so yo...

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Contents PART ONE........................................................................................................................................ 4 CHAPTER I THE EARLY MARRIED LIFE OF THE MORELS ............................................................................ 4 CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF PAUL, AND ANOTHER BATTLE......................................................................... 31 CHAPTER III THE CASTING OFF OF MOREL?THE TAKING ON OF WILLIAM ....................................... 51 CHAPTER IV THE YOUNG LIFE OF PAUL............................................................................................................ 64 CHAPTER V PAUL LAUNCHES INTO LIFE .......................................................................................................... 91 CHAPTER VI DEATH IN THE FAMILY................................................................................................................ 123 PART TWO................................................................................................................................... 153 CHAPTER VII LAD-AND-GIRL LOVE................................