Sons and Lovers

出版者:Wordsworth Editions Ltd

作者:D. H. Lawrence

页数:400

出版时间:1992-5-1

价格:GBP 1.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781853260476

丛书系列:Wordsworth Classics

具体描述

《儿子与情人(Sons and Lovers)》是劳伦斯以他的童年和青少年时代生活为蓝本而写成的一部成名作。小说主人公保罗的父母莫瑞尔夫妇在一次舞会上一见钟情，缔结婚姻。但莫瑞尔是矿工，而莫瑞尔太太出身中产阶级。两人的生活理念截然不同，妻子面对丈夫的浑浑噩噩，深感希望破灭。对丈夫的失望、不满和怨恨使莫瑞尔太太把自己的感情和希望都倾注到儿子身上。她先是寄希望于长子威廉，然而长子早逝。她又寄希望于次子保罗，希望他能够出人头地，实现她的理想。她爱儿子，鼓励他成名成家，跻身于上流社会；她又从精神上控制儿子，使他不能钟情于别的女人。这使得保罗在以后的感情问题上迷茫、困惑、无所适从。和女友米莉安的交往使年轻的保罗经历了精神痛苦的过程。然而和他的母亲一样，米莉安也试图从精神上占有保罗，使保罗感到窒息。后来他们分手了。保罗身边还有一个与丈夫分居的名叫克拉拉的女人。保罗从她那里得到了肉体上的满足。不过最终克拉拉结束了和保罗的感情生活，回到丈夫身边。最后莫瑞尔太太病逝，保罗和米莉安也未能重归于好。他依旧孑然一人，四处漂流，继续着他精神上的挣扎。

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This semi-autobiographical novel explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. It is a Freudian exploration of love and possessiveness.

Amazon.com

Sons and Lovers was the first modern portrayal of a phenomenon that later, thanks to Freud, became easily recognizable as the Oedipus complex. Never was a son more indentured to his mother's love and full of hatred for his father than Paul Morel, D.H. Lawrence's young protagonist. Never, that is, except perhaps Lawrence himself. In his 1913 novel he grappled with the discordant loves that haunted him all his life--for his spiritual childhood sweetheart, here called Miriam, and for his mother, whom he transformed into Mrs. Morel. It is, by Lawrence's own account, a book aimed at depicting this woman's grasp: "as her sons grow up she selects them as lovers--first the eldest, then the second. These sons are urged into life by their reciprocal love of their mother--urged on and on. But when they come to manhood, they can't love, because their mother is the strongest power in their lives."

Of course, Mrs. Morel takes neither of her two elder sons (the first of whom dies early, which further intensifies her grip on Paul) as a literal lover, but nonetheless her psychological snare is immense. She loathes Paul's Miriam from the start, understanding that the girl's deep love of her son will oust her: "She's not like an ordinary woman, who can leave me my share in him. She wants to absorb him." Meanwhile, Paul plays his part with equal fervor, incapable of committing himself in either direction: "Why did his mother sit at home and suffer?... And why did he hate Miriam, and feel so cruel towards her, at the thought of his mother. If Miriam caused his mother suffering, then he hated her--and he easily hated her." Soon thereafter he even confesses to his mother: "I really don't love her. I talk to her, but I want to come home to you."

The result of all this is that Paul throws Miriam over for a married suffragette, Clara Dawes, who fulfills the sexual component of his ascent to manhood but leaves him, as ever, without a complete relationship to challenge his love for his mother. As Paul voyages from the working-class mining world to the spheres of commerce and art (he has fair success as a painter), he accepts that his own achievements must be equally his mother's. "There was so much to come out of him. Life for her was rich with promise. She was to see herself fulfilled... All his work was hers."

The cycles of Paul's relationships with these three women are terrifying at times, and Lawrence does nothing to dim their intensity. Nor does he shirk in his vivid, sensuous descriptions of the landscape that offers up its blossoms and beasts and "shimmeriness" to Paul's sensitive spirit. Sons and Lovers lays fully bare the souls of men and earth. Few books tell such whole, complicated truths about the permutations of love as resolutely without resolution. It's nothing short of searing to be brushed by humanity in this manner.

　--Melanie Re

From Kirkus Reviews

When Sons and Lovers was first seen by its reading public in 1913, its publishers had in fact, out of caution and timidity, shortened Lawrence's originally submitted version by about ten percent--cuts that are restored in this new "uncensored and uncut" edition. Complexity of characterization, intensity of characters' confrontations, and sexual frankness are now, say the publishers, as the author intended them. Example: "He could smell her faint perfume" returns to its original, "He could smell her faint natural perfume, and it drove him wild with hunger."

The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

Semiautobiographical novel by D.H. Lawrence, published in 1913. His first mature novel, it is a psychological study of the familial and love relationships of a working-class English family. The novel revolves around Paul Morel, a sensitive young artist whose love for his mother, Gertrude, overshadows his romances with two women: Miriam Leivers, his repressed, religious girlfriend, and Clara Dawes, an experienced, independent married woman. Unable to watch his mother die slowly of cancer, Paul kills her with morphine. Despite losing her and rejecting both Miriam and Clara, Paul harbors hope for the future.

From AudioFile

Lawrence's first major novel is unstintingly, passionately autobiographical. Set in a Nottinghamshire mining town, it concerns the high-minded wife of a brutal miner who puts all hopes into her artistic son, Paul. Copley brings the workingclass milieu to life. His north country accent enhances the author's regional "sound," which may not be apparent on the page to American readers, but which is a prominent feature of the book's aesthetic. By shaving off a bit too much of the color, the abridgment reinforces the novel's starkness. Therefore, one should hear this recording before, not instead of, reading the full work. Y.R.

Book Dimension :

length: (cm)19.8 width:(cm)12.6

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作者简介

戴·赫·劳伦斯，（David Herbert Lawrence，1885～1930）英国诗人、小说家、散文家。出生于矿工家庭，当过屠户会计、厂商雇员和小学教师，曾在国内外漂泊十多年，对现实抱批判否定态度。他写过诗，但主要写长篇小说，共有10部，最著名的为《虹》（1915）、《爱恋中的女人》（1921）和《查太莱夫人的情人》（1928）。

劳伦斯生于1885年。父亲是矿工，缺少教育；母亲出身上流社会，有良好的修养。这种文化上的差异，使他们经常吵吵闹闹。但这种差异使劳伦斯从父亲那里得到了丰富的社会经验，从母亲那里至高无上的关怀。也许是母亲过分溺爱，劳伦斯有严重的恋母情结。他在给朋友的信中说：“我们相互爱着，几乎像丈夫跟妻子那样的爱，同时又是母亲与儿子的爱。我们俩就像一个人，彼此那样敏感，我们之间不要语言。这挺可怕，弄得我有些方面不正常。”

劳伦斯是最富想象力的作家，他如不过早地逝世，肯定会有更惊世的作品问世，也许更会被列为禁书。

读后感

爱即生活 第一，这是一本难得一见的纯粹关于爱的小说，并且专指男女之爱（如果母爱也算是一种的话）。第二，小说主要讲的是爱的付出，是无条件且不计回报的爱，而不是交互的爱。第三，看似作为故事中心的保罗并不是主人公，而是母亲、米莉安和克莱拉，因为她们才是爱的主动方。...  

DH劳伦斯写给加尼特的信里说：当儿子长大起来时，她们的母亲就挑选她们作为情人。首先是最大的儿子，然后是次子。这是儿子们由于与母亲之间的爱推动，儿来到人世。而且一直受到这种力量的推动。然而当他们长大成人时他们却失去了恋爱的能力。因为母亲作为他们生活中最强大的力...  

他们也是经过相识、然后相恋，最后结婚了。 可是只是经过短短的一年时间，两个人的感情就出现了问题。她发现了他其实并不适合他。事实上，他们两个人应该是两个世界的人，完全没有什么共同点的。应该说可能真的是应了那句话，叫做“相爱容易，相处难”。相互的欣赏...  

他们也是经过相识、然后相恋，最后结婚了。 可是只是经过短短的一年时间，两个人的感情就出现了问题。她发现了他其实并不适合他。事实上，他们两个人应该是两个世界的人，完全没有什么共同点的。应该说可能真的是应了那句话，叫做“相爱容易，相处难”。相互的欣赏...  

用户评价

我对这部小说的结构和氛围营造感到由衷的赞叹。它成功地构建了一个封闭但又充满内在压力的世界，这个世界的温度似乎永远比外界要高上几度，让人感到略微喘不过气。那种弥漫在空气中的，关于“局限”和“渴望逃离”的气息，是如此真实，以至于每次翻开书页，都能立刻被拉回到那个特定的时空背景中。更令人称奇的是，作者对环境的描写，不仅仅是背景板，它本身就是参与叙事的一部分。无论是昏暗的灯光，还是拥挤的居所，都成为了烘托人物心理状态的绝佳工具。尤其是那些关于情感爆发的场景，往往发生在最不经意的时刻，却具有毁灭性的力量。这提醒着我们，最深刻的伤害往往不是来自远方的敌人，而是来自那些我们最亲近、最依赖的人。这部作品无疑是关于“束缚”的深刻寓言。

这部作品以一种近乎令人窒息的真实感，将我们卷入了一个家庭内部错综复杂的情感漩涡之中。作者对人物内心世界的刻画，简直入木三分，每一个角色的挣扎、渴望与恐惧，都像是被放大镜细细审视过一般，清晰可见。特别是对于主角成长过程中所经历的那些微妙的情感转变，那种从稚嫩走向成熟的阵痛，描绘得尤为细腻。你会感觉自己不仅仅是在阅读一个故事，更像是潜入了另一个人的生命，感受着他每一次心跳的频率和每一次选择背后的沉重。文字的节奏把握得极好，时而如平静的湖面，温柔地倒映着日常的琐碎，时而又陡然掀起波澜，将那些压抑已久的情感瞬间爆发出来。这种起伏，让整个阅读体验充满了张力，让人根本停不下来，想要一探究竟，看这些纠缠的灵魂最终将走向何方。它探讨的不仅仅是家庭关系，更深层次地触及了人性的脆弱与坚韧，那些隐藏在礼貌和习惯之下的真实面貌。

这部作品的叙事节奏，从一开始就设置了一种缓慢而坚定的步调，它不像那些情节驱动的畅销书那样追求快速的爽感，而是致力于挖掘深层的心理纹理。它的语言是朴实而有力的，避免了过度的抒情和矫饰，所有的情感重量都压在了精准的选择词上。初读时可能会觉得情节推进缓慢，但一旦你沉浸其中，就会发现这种慢，正是为了更好地铺垫后期的情感爆发点。它精妙地处理了“代际差异”这一主题，展示了上一代人的未竟梦想和遗憾是如何无形中投射到下一代的生命轨迹上的。这种无形的继承与抗争，是全书最引人入胜的核心冲突。总而言之，这是一部需要耐心品味的佳作，它要求读者全身心地投入，用同理心去感受每一个角色在生活重压下挣扎求存的姿态。

与其说这是一部小说，不如说它是一堂关于“情感教育”的沉重课程。它以一种近乎残酷的坦诚，揭示了人类情感连接中那些不健康的模式。我们通常被教导家庭是避风港，但在这里，我们看到它如何成为一种复杂的、有时甚至是破坏性的力量中心。作者毫不留情地剖析了爱是如何扭曲变形的，当爱变成了占有、依赖变成了枷锁时，个体如何努力地寻找自我边界。这种对复杂情感的描绘，让那些看似简单的角色，一下子立体了起来，他们的动机不再是黑白分明，而是充满了灰色地带。阅读过程中，我多次停下来，反思自己与原生家庭的关系，思考那些我们习以为常的互动方式，究竟有多少是健康的，有多少是世代相传的无意识模仿。对于任何正在努力理解自己内心驱动力的人来说，这都是一本必读的指南。

这是一部真正意义上的“生活切片”，它没有宏大的历史背景作为依托，所有的冲突和高潮都源自于最微小、最日常的人际互动之中，但这恰恰是其力量所在。你会在那些母亲对儿子的过度关注，兄弟姐妹之间微妙的竞争，以及父辈的沉默与疏离中，看到自己或身边人的影子。叙事手法上，它采用了一种近乎意识流的穿插，将过去的回忆与当下的困境无缝衔接起来，这种处理方式极大地增强了代入感。你会发现，很多时候，对话本身并不是最重要的，重要的是那些未说出口的话语，那些眼神的交汇，以及停顿的时长。作者用精准的笔触，勾勒出了阶级差异对个体命运的潜移默化，以及环境如何塑造了一个人的视野和抱负。读完之后，心中久久不能平静的，是那种对“可能性”的叹息——如果当初的选择略有不同，命运的轨迹是否会就此改写？

感谢有道字典的大力帮助。。忽然发现口语化+口音的表达对于非英语母语的人来说阅读难度太大了。。出于这一考虑，我打算以后写东西不口语话+方言了

母亲的爱太沉重

boring....

断断续续读了一个月，今天终于看完了。深深地叹了一口气，我好像理解保罗，可能是都很擅长使用冷暴力吧。

煎熬的08年夏天。很符合当时的心理。关于情感和欲望的各种纠结。