Sons and Lovers | What Makes Sons and Lovers a Successful Novel
In the following essay, Hayman discusses what makes Sons and Lovers a successful novel.
D.H. Lawrence’s first and most conventional novel, Sons and Lovers, is already the work of an accomplished writer. Grounded in the novelist’s autobiography, it is in the fullest sense a sentimental education. Unlike his other works, this novel has a fully integrated plot, relatively little sermonizing, and characters with firm flesh over their analogized bones. If they stand for something, as Lawrence’s characters always do, we are not told what. On the other hand, many of the qualities we have learned to associate with this writer are already present: the lavish...
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