Sons and Lovers was D.H. Lawrence's first major novel. His only major novel, some would say; but even readers who are out of sympathy with him, or who feel that his gifts were not really those of a novelist, have usually been happy to make a wholehearted exception in this one case.

It is a book that goes straight to the point, at the outset and at almost every subsequent stage. Between them his two methods leave us in no doubt where the heart of his story is to be located.

Gertrude Morel is a woman of high principle, of character and refinement. Her husband is a miner who can barely read and write. Marrying him for passion, she is bitterly disappointed by his rough manners, his drinking, what she can only see as his weakness and irresponsibility. When the book opens, the marriage has already turned into a battlefield, and the love she has withdrawn from Morel is being redirected toward the first of her children. In the previous chapters, Gertrude Morel is most devoted to her eldest son William. But after he dies of a skin disease, she plunges into grief. Seeing William is gone, she rededicates her life to Paul, and this revives her. She teaches her son art, education, and social advancement. She lives for her sons and will do anything to see them make their way in the world.

Mrs. Morel is terribly tired of her involvement in Paul and Miriam's relationship and decides to stop intervening. She knows that Paul is an adult now and that there is nothing she can do to stop Paul from seeing Miriam. She feels that she can never forgive her son for sacrificing himself to love Miriam. As it mentions above, Paul has begun to realize how much his mother affects his life. Her deep love for him has made her a part of himself that when he wants to break free from his mother, he is unable to get away from her. His mother is ingrained into his very soul.

That’s to say, his mother influences Paul very much, and which proves to be for worse to him. When Paul finds girlfriend, he always find the girl who takes after his mother, not only the out look but also in mental. But in fact he could not find such girl. So it lead to that he never willing to be bound to Miriam in marriage or to Clara in physical love. At last Paul has begun to realize how much his mother affects his life. Her deep love for him has made her a part of himself that when he wants to break free from his mother, he is unable to get away from her. His mother is ingrained into his very soul.

To sum up, Paul’s mother has some bad influence on him and to a large extent changes his life.

《儿子与情人》是英国作家劳伦斯的第一部长篇小说。小说中的父亲莫雷尔是一名矿工，遇到其妻子两人相爱并结婚，但婚后不久，由于长期的沉重劳动和煤井事故使他脾气暴躁，夫妇两人经常发生争吵，慢慢发觉原来两人之间的爱情只是昙花一现。母亲开始将自己的全部感情都放在自己的孩子身上。

一开始，母亲最看好长子威廉，希望他能出人头地，但是威廉在去伦敦当律师的时候过度劳累致死。大儿子去世后，莫雷尔太太则把全部希望寄予在小儿子保罗身上。围绕着保罗的除了母爱，还有和米莉安、克拉拉的爱情，在恋爱的过程中，保罗因一直爱着自己的母亲而无法真正地爱上其他女人。他和米莉安兴趣相投、渐渐擦出火花，然而米莉安想在精神上占据保罗使他喘不过气，莫雷尔太太也对她没有好感，保罗进退两难，最终放弃了米莉安。和米莉安分手后，保罗又与克拉拉相恋，但两人之间的爱情不是灵魂的.结合，只是肉体上的狂欢，短暂的激情过后注定要破灭。

母亲在保罗的身上倾注了太多母爱以至于这种感情变得畸形，一定程度上也在摧毁保罗，在母亲的影响下，保罗无法做出自己选择、走自己的道路，一直到母亲去世，他才挣脱束缚，真正长大。

小说除了描写这一畸形的感情，还批判了英国工业社会中的物质文明，强调人应坚持原始的本性。

顶多两三天的时间，我就看完了《儿子与情人》这本书，写的不错。看完之后就发现自己睡不着了。躺了一会儿，觉得与其睡不着干躺着还不如起来做点事情。嗯。趁着还记得到底是什么情节，赶紧写下我的

这本书相对于《查泰来夫人的情人》而言，描写性爱的情节要少得多，更多的是单纯地叙事。小说从莫雷尔夫妇的相识讲起，讲到了他们之间后来矛盾不断的婚姻，讲到了莫雷尔夫人的大儿子威廉的生活和最后他的死，讲到了二儿子保罗的成长经历和他与母亲特殊的感情。保罗算是书中的主角吧，毕竟书的后半部分全部围绕他展开。他有一个很爱他的女朋友，但是他无法全身心地投入去爱她；同时他的母亲非常反对他的女友。后来保罗为了另外一个女人离开了他的女朋友，但是他也无法真正爱上这个女人。后来他的母亲莫雷尔夫人得了肿瘤，她自己痛苦不堪的同时也非常折磨保罗和他的姐姐安妮。于是他们两个人由保罗主使，给他母亲服用了大量的毒药，送走了他的'母亲。但是莫雷尔夫人走了之后，保罗的生命就仿佛没有了意义。在这个时候，他的前女友愿意和他结婚，拯救他的生命。但是他仍然没有办法完全摆脱他母亲对他的影响。最后他在纠结痛苦中走向了大城市的生活。

怎么说呢，我觉得这本小说描写出了英国工业革命期间一个普通矿工家庭的生活。从文学上来讲，劳伦斯塑造人物塑造地很好，某个人的一举一动都是符合他的性格特征。他的叙述很平淡，是那种细水长流的感觉。所以也没有特别让我觉得情绪激动，印象深刻的地方。作为牛水莲老师提到过的作品，还是不错的吧。