A review by paulataua
Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence

4.0

Read this for A level exams over forty years ago and was teacher forced to focus on the symbolism, the flowers, the orange moon, the hens, and the swing, yes of course the swing. How easy it was for the young mind to turn the swing episode into a porn fest. The symbolism was still important on this read, and still powerful, but my attention was on the characters and their depth and development. I mildly enjoyed reading it as I read, and I decided to give it three stars, but thinking about it over the last few days has raised the star count to four.