Paul Morel [Hardcover]

The early version of twentieth-century classic Sons and Lovers, containing scenes and ideas later discarded.This early version of Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's highly popular autobiographical novel, has never been published before. It is very different from Sons and Lovers, less polished but full of powerful, spontaneous, dramatic writing. The volume also contains remarkable documents written by Lawrence's girlfriend Jessie Chambers, in which she gives Lawrence some very hostile criticisms and writes out for him her own versions of some of his episodes, a fragment of a novel about his mother's childhood , facsimiles of manuscript pages, maps and full scholarly notes and apparatus.This early version of Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's highly popular autobiographical novel, has never been published before. It is very different from Sons and Lovers, less polished but full of powerful, spontaneous, dramatic writing. The volume also contains remarkable documents written by Lawrence's girlfriend Jessie Chambers, in which she gives Lawrence some very hostile criticisms and writes out for him her own versions of some of his episodes, a fragment of a novel about his mother's childhood , facsimiles of manuscript pages, maps and full scholarly notes and apparatus.This early version of Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's highly popular autobiographical novel, has never been published before. It is less polished than the finished novel but has different dramatic power. The volume also contains remarkable documents written by Jessie Chambers (Lawrence's girlfriend) in which she presents Lawrence with very hostile criticism and writes her own versions of some of his episodes. In addition, it features a fragment of a novel about his mother's childhood, facsimiles of manuscript pages, maps, and full scholarly notes.General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Cue-titles; Introduction; Paul Morel; Appendix 1. 'Matilda'; Appendix 2. Chapter plan; Appendix 3. Two versions of the start of lsj