The story of how Sons and Lovers was written, how Lawrence's life was transformed during the writing, and the contributions of the women in his life to his work

The book recounts the story of how Sons and Lovers was written, how Lawrence’s life was transformed during the writing, and the contributions of the women in

This early version of Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's highly popular autobiographical novel, has never been published before. It is less polished than the finished

With an introduction by Rosamund Bartlett and an afterword by Tatiana Tolstaya Turgenev's depiction of the conflict between generations and their ideals stunned