![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This relationship, including Lydia's smothering love for him, is examined in depth in Lawrence's largely autobiographical novel, Sons and Lovers (1913). After Bert nearly died from pneumonia, Lydia devoted herself to him. One of his older brothers, Ernest, died from the skin disease erysipelas, and Lydia sank into grief. The experiment was unsuccessful, and at age 16 he began working as a clerk in a surgical appliance factory. Lawrence's mother, Lydia Beardsall, an intellectually ambitious woman disillusioned with her husband's dead-end job and irresponsible drinking habits, encouraged her children to advance beyond their restrictive environment.īert, a sickly, bookish child, won a scholarship to Nottingham High School in 1898. By the time Bert (as Lawrence was known), the fourth child, was born, the family had settled in Eastwood for good. Lawrence's father, Arthur, was a miner, and the mining boom of the 1870s had taken the family around Nottinghamshire. 11, 1885 in the small coal-mining village of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire in central England. The controversial themes for which he is remembered-namely, the celebration of sensuality in an over-intellectualized world-and his relationship with censors sometimes overshadow the work of a master craftsman and profound thinker. Best known for his novels, Lawrence was also an accomplished poet, short story writer, essayist, critic, and travel writer. David Herbert (D.H.) Lawrence was one of the most versatile and influential writers in 20th-century literature. ![]()
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