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Sons and Lovers (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by D. H. Lawrence
I certainly did not expect to enjoy this after my experience with Lady Chatterley's Lover. I was hesitant to try Lawrence again but I thought it would be unfair to not give him a chance since I had a similar experience with Fitzgerald where I found that I preferred his excellent "The Beautiful And Damned" to the overrated "The Great Gatsby". Behold Lawrence's Sons and Lovers because it is beautiful, sensual not in the sexual sense but in his descriptions of everything - of nature, emotions, thoughts, a woman's love, a mother's love, a son's love - and yet it is absolutely exciting and fun to read, followed with inexpressible heaviness. There are undertones of depression that led me to feel quite blue as I read. I have found that I could come out of sadness in literature just alright because it is only a surface emotion and can be moderately adjusted, but coming out of this was very hard because it is a deeper cavity. Possibly more so because I just read about Ethan Frome. However if you love literature this shouldn't faze you! I am so glad I read it.
"There must be many women who at some point in their lives feel as if the prospect of her life is burying her alive, wonder if things were never going to alter and begin to realize that they would not. All the while she goes about her tasks with the chores, and the kids, she thinks how to make the most of what she had for the childrens' sakes."
"She still had a high moral sense, inherited from generations of Puritans." Pg.19 - That's what I think I am.
"The pity was, she was too much his opposite. She could not be content with the little he might be; she would have him the much that he ought to be. So in seeking to make him nobler than he could be, she destroyed him." (Pg.20) - This is me. Was me. Maybe not every wife but possibly most wives. Until we learn the art.
She was more tolerant of him, and he felt happy. "Neither knew that she was more tolerant because she loved him less."
Lawrence is possibly pro co-sleeping or consistently sharing a bed with a loved one.
She teaches him about not taking offense or taking things personally because people have their own ways, thoughts, and life. We get on. The victim mentality doesn't get one ahead.
"If you don't like it, alter it, and if you can't alter it, put up with it!" Pg.126
Words: lachrymose
"There must be many women who at some point in their lives feel as if the prospect of her life is burying her alive, wonder if things were never going to alter and begin to realize that they would not. All the while she goes about her tasks with the chores, and the kids, she thinks how to make the most of what she had for the childrens' sakes."
"She still had a high moral sense, inherited from generations of Puritans." Pg.19 - That's what I think I am.
"The pity was, she was too much his opposite. She could not be content with the little he might be; she would have him the much that he ought to be. So in seeking to make him nobler than he could be, she destroyed him." (Pg.20) - This is me. Was me. Maybe not every wife but possibly most wives. Until we learn the art.
She was more tolerant of him, and he felt happy. "Neither knew that she was more tolerant because she loved him less."
Lawrence is possibly pro co-sleeping or consistently sharing a bed with a loved one.
She teaches him about not taking offense or taking things personally because people have their own ways, thoughts, and life. We get on. The victim mentality doesn't get one ahead.
"If you don't like it, alter it, and if you can't alter it, put up with it!" Pg.126
Words: lachrymose