I bought this for the bargain price of 25 pence on Monday!

Synopsis from Amazon

Living on the Nottinghamshire coalfields, the Morel family is beset with conflict. Gertrude, disillusioned with her inarticulate working class husband, pours her energies and aspirations into her son, Paul. Tensions develop when Paul falls in love and seeks to escape from his family ties.

I struggled to read this book in the beginning but I think that is because I had to read it for Uni and I find it difficult to get into books if I'm not in the right mood to read them. Once I got into it I did enjoy it more and I definitely want to dig out the other DH Lawrence books on my bookcase and read those now to see how they compare with this one.

I've spent much of today re-reading this book as I'm now writing an essay on it for Uni. I found that the second reading was very worthwhile and I definitely got a lot more out of it this time around. Once you know the ending you can really appreciate the smaller details that make this book the great work that it is. I'm now planning to read my way through some of Lawrence's other works over the summer holidays when I have more time.

Donated this book to either the British Heart Foundation charity shop, the Cancer Research charity shop or the Eden Hospice charity shop in Carlisle.