Sons and Lovers

In a small mining town called Bestwood lives an unremarkable Morel family. The head of the family works in the coal mine day and night, growing farther and farther away from his once-loved wife. She, unable to find her happiness as a woman in marriage, gives all her unspent love and tenderness to her children. But is such all-consuming motherly love always for the good—and for salvation? You’ll find the answer in the novel “Sons and Lovers,” which earned a well-deserved ninth place in the list of the top one hundred English-language novels of the 20th century, according to Library.