Marriage of Gertrude и Walter Morel будет стать battleground. Отзыв к нему инвалидным и некоторым violent husband, деликатный Gertrude devotes her life to her children, особенно to her sons, William and Paul - determined they will not follow their other in working down the coal mines. Но conflict is evitable when Paul seeks to escape his mother's suffocating grasp through relationships with women his own age. Написано в Сказке природного Nottinghamshire, "Sons and Lovers" (1913) является высоко autobiographical and compelling portrayal childhood, adolescence and clash of generations.
