Sons And Lovers
The book was set in a village called 'The Bottoms' where The Morels; consisted of Mr.and Mrs.Morel, along with their son William (age seven), daughter Annie (age five)and an expecting child.
The Morels moved into their new home on the day of the wakes (which was a name given to a kind of fair). The eldest child William, returned from the wake for dinner, where he hurried his mother so that he may return quickly. Mrs. Morel later took Annie to the wakes and William won her a prize before she left with Annie.
Later that night after the children went to bed, Mrs. Morels reflected on past situations while waiting for her husband to get home. It is revealed that she cannot afford her coming child and despises her husband's drinking habit. As a result she focused all her love into her two children. Her husband finally returns home and they both argued about whether or not he is drunk but he brushed her off by showing her that he brought gingerbread and coconut for the children. She then surrendered to bed.
The book went on to foreshadow the lives of the couple before marriage. It is written that Mrs. Morels was once Gertrude Coppard who was a member of a poor family. She had interest in a named John Feild until she met Walter Morel at a Christmas party and married him the following Christmas.
After seven months of marriage Mrs. Morel found unpaid bills and learnt about Mr. Morel's debts, which changes her mentality towards him. Another incident which made her despise him more was the cutting of William's hair when she was asleep in which she felt very betrayed.
However, it does not end there. Mrs. Morel disgust for her husband continued when he went out with Jerry Purdy (who she hated) to a wakes. He fell ill on the journey and upon his return home they had a fight and he locked her out the house and happen to fall asleep. After an hour of trying, she finally woke him and gained access to the house.
In the latter part of the book, Mr. ¡Morel started to feel ashamed of the way he treats his wife and embraced the news that his wife conceived a baby boy, however, fell ill during the process. Mr. Heaton (Congregational Clergyman) comes to visit Mrs. Morel daily. It so happened that one day during his visit Mr. Morel started to make himself a fool and in the process embarass his wife, by seeking sympathy complaining about his place of employment.
One evening after a quarrel with her husband, Mrs. Morel took Annie and the baby and went for a walk near the cricket field where she named the baby Paul.
The Morels got into another altercation when Walter came home drunk one night and accidentally pulls the kitchen drawer to get something to eat. When Mrs. Morel remarked she won't wait on him, he flings the drawer at her cutting her forehead. He found comfort by lying in bed for a few days and layer resorted to his favorite bar for several nights.
After spending all his money one night, he stole sixpence from his wife's purse. When she realized it was missing she confronted him and he got angered to the point that he packed a bundle and left. Mrs. Morel, who was confident he would return that night, got worried when time passed and he was still absent. She later found his bundle hidden behind the door of the coal-shed and thought it hilarious. Morel finally returned home that night and Mrs. Morel jokingly tells him to fetch his bundle before going to bed.
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