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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “This was my first DH Lawrence Novel and I found it very absorbing. I enjoyed the Oedipal theme evoked by Lawrence through these intense characters. Wonderful vivid descriptions of the provincial setting. A fascinating evolution of The Morel family. Gertrude as a young woman who marries Morel, a...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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Andy Mitchell wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Needed to balance my non-fiction desire with something creative.”
Sung-Hee Pak wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“This was my first DH Lawrence Novel and I found it very absorbing. I enjoyed the Oedipal theme evoked by Lawrence through these intense characters. Wonderful vivid descriptions of the provincial setting. A fascinating evolution of The Morel family. Gertrude as a young woman who marries Morel, a lively but uneducated collier she is attracted to. They have little in common and she is soon frustrated at her station in life. She grows to hate him and he stops trying to please her when her sons take over her soul and vice versa. Mrs Morel is fiercely controlling and pocessive with first William and then Paul. In the end this bond proves too strong for either of the sons to find happiness with any another woman. Gertrude's disapproval of Paul's soulmate Mirriam eventually forces him to leave her behind, along with all the joy they shared in their surroundings, poetry and literature and the creativity she encouraged in his painting. His mother persuaded Paul that angelic Mirriam who loved him unquestioningly, would swallow his soul. As it turns out, it was she Gertrude who did that in the end, leaving Paul alone, bitter and loveless, when she died. ”
REGRMBKS wrote this review Monday, March 25, 2013. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“excellent writting sometimes too descriptive”
john k richards wrote this review Friday, February 15, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Read 75% of it and couldn't go on.... It may have been controversial for its time, but the only controversy now is why this is on any list of great books... Lawrence is simply overrated....”
Dedalus wrote this review Tuesday, November 20, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Strange book. Just...strange.”
Miss Pilotte wrote this review Saturday, November 10, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Read on my Kindle as one of the "1001 books...". I quite enjoyed it, but it seemed a bit too slow and drawn out in parts. It offers a view on the mother's love for a son, and the consequent jealousy she has for those others he cares about. The characters were believable - my favourite being Miriam. One sentence summary: Tells the story of the Morel family in mining 1900s Britain, primarily of the middle son who struggles with understanding the love he has for his mother and female companions. ”
Becky H wrote this review Wednesday, August 1, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Ordered on Kindle.”
Clasyl wrote this review Sunday, June 24, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I never liked D. H. Lawrence. Sorry.”
Lise Lyng Falkenberg wrote this review Friday, June 15, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
