保罗出身于一煤矿工人家庭，父母婚姻不和，哥哥英年早逝，保罗成为母亲唯一的希望。保罗爱上的第一个姑娘是米莉安，由于母亲的干涉，这对情人未遂心愿。第二个姑娘是克拉拉，他们的爱情也未逃出失败的命运。一次次的冲突令母亲心力交瘁，一病不起。保罗也终于摆脱羁绊，走上独立自主之路。评论家认为本书为弗洛伊德的“恋母情结”理论提供了有力的佐证，是广大读者不可多得的人生宝鉴。

"I tell you I have written a great book ... Read my novel, it is a great novel," Lawrence declared shortly before Sons and Lovers was published in 1913.

Drawing on his own childhood and adolescence, Lawrence depicts the early married life of the Morels - the father a hardworking, hard-drinking Nottinghamshire coal miner, the mother a refined woman of middle-class aspirations. Born into the family battle, their son Paul Morel initially takes his mother"s part, until in adolescence he meets and falls in love with a young girls Miriam, and discovers a new conflict of loyalties.

Sons and Lovers portrays the sexual and emotional struggle of Paul Morel, caught between the women he attempts to love,and in it D. H. Lawrence transforms autobiography into art.

part one

THE EARLY MARRIED LIFE OF THE MORELS

THE BIRTH OF PAUL. AND ANOTHER BATTLE

THE CASTING OFF OF MOREL

THE TAKING ON OF WILLIAM

THE YOUNG LIFE OF PAUL

PAUL LAUNCHES INTO LIFE

DEATH  IN THE FAMILY

part two

LAD-AND-GIRL LOVE

STRIFE IN LOVE

DEFEAT OF MIRIAM

CLARA

THE TEST ON MIRIAM

PASSION

BAXTER DAWES

THE RELEASE

DERELICT