Sons and Lovers was the first significant novel to come from the pen of Lawrence, and it still enjoys wide popularity not only among the reading masses but also with the critics. D. H. Lawrence in Sons and Lovers shows a firm grasp on his craft and a sure insight into human values. Lawrence wrote Sons and Lovers in an effort to resolve his deep emotional crisis by projecting it in fiction, and thereby to see it more clearly and more acutely. This critical evaluation of Sons and Lovers has the following salient features :