《儿子和情人》读后感

Sons and Lovers is a noverl written by David Herbert Lawrence and it was first published in 1913 in London by Wyman and Sons.

wrence was born at Eastwood,Notts,on September 11th ,1885,the fourth child of a miner family who had been employed at Brinsley Colliery since he was 7years old.In 1911,his first novel The white Peacock was published. Sons and Lovers is divided into 3parts and is composed of 15chapters together. The story wa,set in England,can be interpreted as an autobileographicalnovel novel of Lawrence.The hero of the book,Paul Morel,is the second son of a miner family.His mother,Mrs.Morel,is a daughter of a mid-class family.Because of the differences in family background and education,a shadow is soon cast upon the married life of Mrs.Morel.And this shadow is darkened by Mr.Morel's laziness and

alcoholism.By misfortune or bad luck,Mr.Morel has an accident and becomes a cripp;e,which changes him into a man of bad tempter.As a result,the couple shares less and less the things in commonand is driven farther and farther apart from each other,.Litttle by little ,Mrs .Morel transports her attention and love to her chilidren ,especially her two sons,William and Paul.She encourages her to leave the samll mining region for a bidg city to find opportunities for a better life.After the death of her first son ,William ,because of hard work and pneumonia,Mrs.Morel"s divided attention and love is poured completely upon Paul.The mother's abnormal love robs Paul of his normal love for his girl friend.

Sons and Lovers has always been claimed since its publication to be another version of Oedipus complex.But wrence is in no sense an imitator.Sons and Lovers is

truly an autobiographical novel.It describes an ordinary life of a coal miner's famuly.The abnormal love from the mother deprives Paul of his persionality and mental health.It is perhapds because of this true picture of lifa that the novel has won Lawrence even lasting reputation.

“他是个强健的、身材修长的男子，有着用不完的精力。他的脸很粗犷，具有象普通老百姓的那种粗线条；掩在那双浓密眉毛下的眼睛饱含着如此充沛的生命力，以至她不能不着迷。它们好像在舞蹈，但又仿佛被笑声的余音振颤着；他的嘴巴也一样，好像马上会爆发出胜利的笑声，但又没有笑出来。他给人以强烈的悬念感。”

他就是保罗。《儿子和情人》一书中的男主人公。D.H.劳伦斯细腻入微地叙述了他的青少年生活、与母亲的畸恋以及和米丽安、克拉拉的爱情纠葛。这本书探讨了英国下层

家庭关系的复杂性。作者很注重心理描写，把保罗的思想逐步地解剖，呈现在读者面前。保罗自小受到母亲莫瑞尔太太的钟爱，但是父亲却对他不理不睬。他特别早熟，心里埋藏着对父亲的仇恨。而莫瑞尔太太则是个复杂的人物，她把对死去的长子威廉的爱移植到保罗身上。她对丈夫没有一点爱情，只是把他当作客人看待。但是她极其嫉妒次子的情人，尤其是对米丽安。因为她深知米丽安要夺走儿子的精神之爱，便千方百计地阻扰，并采取冷漠的态度。而米丽安深爱着保罗，本来是不愿意与别人分享的，但是她是个富于牺牲精神的人，一直在默默地等待。米丽安以为保罗在得到她的纯洁后会更爱她，可惜她想错了。保罗太爱他母亲莫瑞尔太太了！直到他母亲死后，他才走向了新的生活。至于克拉拉，她与保罗仅仅是肉体之恋。后来与她的丈夫复合了。

全书洋洋洒洒40万字，其间不但插入了优美的景物描写，而且作者把人物的内心活动与景物的联系写得栩栩如生，各个人物活灵活现，呼之欲出。此书被列为英国一些大