Paul Morel (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence) - Hardcover

Lawrence, D. H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521560098 ISBN 13: 9780521560092

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This is the first ever edition of the early version of Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's highly popular autobiographical novel. 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, some of them stories from his 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. This volume also contains remarkable documents written by Lawrence's girlfriend Jessie Chambers, the model for Miriam in Paul Morel and in Sons and Lovers, in which she gives Lawrence some hostile criticisms and writes out for him her own versions of some of his episodes. In addition there is a fragment of a novel about his mother's childhood, facsimiles of manuscript pages, maps, and scholarly notes and apparatus.

About this title

Review:

'... what delights ... how worth reading and treasuring Paul Morel is.' Independent on Sunday

'Helen Baron's editorial work is, as usual with this series, impeccable.' English Studies

Book Description:

This is the first ever edition of the early version of Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence's highly popular autobiographical novel. It is very different from Sons and Lovers, less polished but full of powerful, spontaneous, dramatic writing. The volume also contains documents by Lawrence's girlfriend Jessie Chambers, facsimile pages, maps and scholarly apparatus.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521560098
• ISBN 13: 9780521560092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Baron Helen