Paul Morel

de D. H. Lawrence

"This early version of Sons and Lovers, the highly popular autobiographical novel by D.H. Lawrence, has never been published before. It was the second draft out of four, and amongst all the surviving early drafts of Lawrence's works this is the most different from the final version. As he rewrote, Lawrence discarded many episodes in Paul Morel, some of which were stories from Lawrence's childhood not recorded anywhere else. It is less polished than Sons and Lovers, but it is full of powerful, spontaneous, dramatic writing: there is more humour and charm, more raw violence and nervous energy. In addition to Paul Morel, this volume contains the remarkable documents written by Lawrence's girlfriend Jessie Chambers, who was the model for Miriam in this novel and in Sons and Lovers. She gives Lawrence some very hostile criticisms and writes out for him her own versions of some of his episodes, hoping to influence him into giving a kinder representation of herself and their teenage romance. There is also a fragment of a novel about his mother's childhood, which Lawrence never finished."--Jacket.