Track | Section | Length |
01 | 01a - The Early Married Life of the Morels Part A | 35:27 |
02 | 01b - The Early Married Life of the Morels Part B | 34:56 |
03 | 02 - The Birth of Paul and Another Battle | 50:30 |
04 | 03 - The Casting Off of Morel | 31:40 |
05 | 04a - The Young Life of Paul Part A | 31:55 |
06 | 04b - The Young Life of Paul Part 2 | 37:11 |
07 | 05a - Paul Launches Into Life Part 1 | 44:09 |
08 | 05b - Paul Launches Into Life Part 2 | 37:30 |
09 | 06a - Death in the Family Part 1 | 37:32 |
10 | 06b - Death in the Family Part 2 | 37:18 |
11 | 07a - Lad-and-Girl Love Part 1 | 32:30 |
12 | 07b - Lad-and-Girl Love Part 2 | 36:37 |
13 | 07c - Lad-and-Girl Love Part 3 | 34:11 |
14 | 08a - Strife in Love Part 1 | 32:43 |
15 | 08b - Strife of Love Part 2 | 58:47 |
16 | 09a - Defeat of Miriam Part 1 | 49:57 |
17 | 09b - Defeat of Miriam Part 2 | 48:34 |
18 | 10a - Clara Part 1 | 35:05 |
19 | 10b - Clara Part 2 | 31:20 |
20 | 11a - The Test on Miriam Part 1 | 33:48 |
21 | 11b - The Test on Miriam Part 2 | 30:42 |
22 | 12a - Passion Part 1 | 38:26 |
23 | 12b - Passion Part 2 | 33:19 |
24 | 12c - Passion Part 3 | 36:16 |
25 | 13a - Baxter Dawes | 33:41 |
26 | 13b - Baxter Dawes Part 2 | 35:24 |
27 | 13c - Baxter Dawes Part 3 | 30:33 |
28 | 14a - The Release Part 1 | 32:18 |
29 | 14b - The Release Part 2 | 47:12 |
30 | 15 - Derelict | 30:31 |
Notes & Credits:
Book Coordinator: Mark F. Smith
Meta Coordinator: Ruth Golding
Proof Listener: Ans Wink
Artwork
Cover and label: Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis, 1890, by John Singer Sargent
Inset: Title page of the first edition of Sons and Lovers
Inset: Passport photo of D. H. Lawrence
Insert: Mrs. Charlotte Berend-Corinth with her son Thomas by Lovis Corinth, 1909
Sons and Lovers tells the story of Paul Morel, the son of a rough coal miner father and a genteel mother who has married beneath her class. As the marriage deteriorates Mrs. Morel shifts her affections to her two sons, who love and admire their mother but experience conflicts as they come of age and try to establish relationships with women. Lawrence himself summarized the plot in a letter to editor Edward Garnett in November 1912: “It follows this idea: a woman of character and refinement goes into the lower class, and has no satisfaction in her own life. She has had a passion for her husband, so her children are born of passion, and have heaps of vitality. But as her sons grow up she selects them as lovers — first the eldest, then the second. These sons are urged into life by their reciprocal love of their mother — urged on and on. But when they come to manhood, they can't love, because their mother is the strongest power in their lives, and holds them.” The book met with a lukewarm reception and insinuations of obscenity when it was initially published in 1913. Lawrence went through four drafts, and yet Garnett removed about 10% of the text in the first edition to make it more palatable to the market. Over time it has come to be seen as an important work in Western culture. The Modern Library ranked Sons and Lovers ninth on its 1999 list of the 100 best novels in English of the 20th century.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0701236969658 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930) |
Year | 1913 |
Recording | |
Read by | Mark F. Smith |
Length | 18 hours and 40 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Sons and Lovers
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Product Code: DB-1245
- Availability: In Stock
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