Sons and Lovers (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

Enter a world

This book evokes a complete world as very few others I have read. The main characters are so well written you feel you know them, you sympathize with them, you can see them in your mind. It is also is a very sensual book at times. Lawrence creates sexual tension between the romantic leads, and uses natural settings to heighten those tensions. The book is ultimately about the relationships between the members of a family and their friends, and describes those relationships beautifully, but in the end, to me, sadly.

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Read this book!

I read this book for an APLIT project and overall, I thought the book was very good. It was interesting and not hard to read. Some parts drag on a bit and the characters' love affairs can get a little annoying towards the end of the book because it seems as if they can't make up their mind when it comes to being with someone. None the less, I would highly recommend the novel, and although it might take you a while to read, it's worth it.

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Terrible editing

Too many typos.

Slow But Engaging

It's one of those rare books that hooks you with emotional turmoil but also happens to be deeply tedious and slow. Not to turn anyone off - I'm glad I read it but you must be a patient reader.

Can be a tiresome book - but to the point of being very interesting!

It is difficult to describe D.H. Lawrence's second novel in terms of the effect it has upon the reader. While I read it - out of pleasure, not a school assignment 'as it usually is' - I was drawn into the story through frustration. Surely the characters could not be so ignorant of their situation! Surely things must get better! And just when you think things will shift in one direction, they go elsewhere, sucking you in again to see what happens. Mind you, it's not the feeling one may have with a mystery or suspense novel -- no, it is simply a story about human conflict during the turn of the 20th century in rural England. I'm sure my review only perplexes you even more. But, if you enjoy classic literature and human / familial conflict, you should enjoy this story as well.

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Different

I purchased this book in Eastwood England as I visited D.H. Lawrence's boyhood home. I found the book to be hard to read at times. Local colloquial language is sometimes used, which while it gives flavor to the book it also makes it necessary to refer to the interpretations in the back of the book. I would love to read D.H. Lwrence A Personal Record by Jessie Chambers. It is a rebuttal to the way she is portrayed in the book Sons and Lovers. I loved the story. Lawrence sometimes gets carried away describing the flowers and the countryside.

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