Sons and Lovers
儿子与情人

Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. The Modern Library placed it ninth on their list of the one hundred best novels of the 20th century. While the novel initially incited a lukewarm critical reception, along with allegations of obscenity, it is today regarded as a masterpiece by many critics and is often regarded as Lawrence's finest achievement. It has been adapted for the screen several times.
《儿子与情人》是英国作家D. H.劳伦斯于1913年发表的小说。美国现代图书馆将其置于二十世纪最优秀一百部小说榜单第九名。尽管这部小说最初遭遇了冷落和批判，甚至被指“下流”，但时至今日它仍被许多评论家认为是一部杰出的作品，是劳伦斯的最高成就，而且已多次被搬上荧幕。

Sons and Lovers is about the weakness of human relationships. Because of discrepancies in social status of Paul's parents, the couple had suffered a series of misfortune after they had got married. Thus the mother deposited her hopes on her son Paul, and Paul was growing up under such an odd feeling condition. As he grew up, Paul realized that as long as his mother was alive, there could be no other woman entering his world and his mother would never allow such things. At the end of the novel, Paul was relieved after the miserable death of his mother.
《儿子与情人》揭露了人性的弱点。保罗的父亲和母亲来自不同的社会阶层，由于家庭背景的差异让这场婚姻充满了不幸。母亲把所有的希望倾注在自己的儿子保罗身上，保罗就是在这样一种畸形家庭里成长。长大后，保罗越发意识到，只要自己的母亲活着，其他女人根本无法进入他的世界，并且自己的母亲也绝不允许这样的事情发生。小说最后，母亲痛苦地去世，保罗也终获解脱。

Lawrence rewrote the work four times until he was happy with it. Although before publication, the work was usually titled Paul Morel , Lawrence finally settled on Sons and Lovers. Just as the new title makes the work less focused on a central character, many of the later additions broadened the scope of the work, thereby making the work less autobiographical.
劳伦斯将这个故事修改了四次，直到满意为止。虽然在出版之前这部小说叫作《保罗·摩雷》，但他最后还是将其更名为《儿子与情人》。新标题使得这部作品不再局限于关注一个中心人物，且许多后来添加的元素也拓宽了它的范围，也由此使得该作品减少了一些自传色彩。