WRITERSGALLERY LIFE Early years David Herbert Lawrence was born in 1885

in a mining village in the industrial Midlands of England. His father was a coal miner and worked in the pit all his life. His mother a former schoolmistress came from a lower middle! class background. "lthough the marriage was not happ# the couple had five children. $he relationship between Lawrence and his mother was e%tremel# close& she encouraged him to get an education so that he would not become a miner like his father. The college years 'hen he finished school Lawrence took a course at (ottingham )niversit# *ollege. During his college #ears he began to write $he 'hite +eacock and tried his hand at short stories and pla#s. "fter graduation he took a teaching post in London where he was introduced into literar# circles. ,n the same period he started writing $he $respasser and the autobiographical novel +aul Morel which was become -ons and Lovers. 'hen his mother died of cancer in 1.1/ Lawrence fell so ill that he stopped working as a teacher and ended his relationship with 0essie *hambers 1the Miriam of -ons and Lovers2 who had been his girlfriend since he was si%teen. He had various love affairs which served as models for the *lara of -ons and Lovers revised $he $respasser and settled down to rewrite -ons and Lovers. WORKS Main themes D.H. Lawrence was a prolific and eclectic writer who

e%perimented with various genres3 novels short stories pla#s and poems. $he principal sub4ects of his work were relationships emotions and conflict. ,n his novels and poems he e%plored such themes as the effect of industrialism and rationalism on the common man the role of women in modern societ# the conflict between prevailing moralit# and se% and the nature of the relationship between mother and son. Early works $he 'hite +eacock 11.112 and $he $respasser 11.152 were both earl# studies of mismatched couples where 6dreaming mid!7ictorian women6 ended up destro#ing their partners. -ons and Lovers published in 1.18 was not onl# his most

autobiographical novel. ,n it he e%plores issues in 9ritish societ# such as changes in the class and education s#stem and in living and working conditions. $he :ainbow 11.152 concerns the lives of three generations of a (ottingham famil# but focusing on the emotional life of )rsula a sensitive woman who re4ects the deadening mechanisation of spirit and environment brought about b# modern civilisation.