Sons and Lovers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1913
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Death or dying, Lower classes, Euthanasia or right to die
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Walter Morel, an English collier in many ways typical of the literary image of the lower-class workingman. He is not interested in the arts, in matters of the intellect, or even greatly in his work, which for him is merely a source of income. He is a creature who lives for whatever pleasures he can find in eating, drinking, and his bed. At first a warmly vital man, he later becomes rough and brutal to his family and fights with them verbally and physically. His wife, after the first glow of marriage fades, means little to him because of her puritanical...
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