The Oxford Companion to English Literature | Lawrence, D. H.
Lawrence, D.
H.
,
David
Herbert
Lawrence
(
1885
–
1930
), born at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, one of five children of a miner and an ex-schoolteacher. He was often ill as a child (he was later to develop tuberculosis) and grew up in considerable poverty. His ill-suited parents quarrelled continually, and a passionate bond grew between
Lawrence
and his mother; she was determined to keep him out of the mines and encouraged him at school. This love for his mother had a crucial effect on his early life and work. With the help of a scholarship he attended Nottingham High School for three years, but at 15 was forced to give up his education and take a job for a short time as a clerk in a surgical goods factory and then became a pupil-teacher. At this time he formed a close friendship with Jessie Chambers, a local farmer's daughter, the Miriam of
Sons and Lovers
. In
1906
, having worked to save the necessary £20 fee, he...
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