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for the book: “’Fifty pounds!’ He was dumbfounded, and looked at me with | for the book: “’Fifty pounds!’ He was dumbfounded, and looked at me with | ||
shrewd eyes, as if I were a swindler. ‘Fifty pounds! An ‘tha’s never done a | shrewd eyes, as if I were a swindler. ‘Fifty pounds! An ‘tha’s never done a | ||
dog’s hard work in thy life’”(208). | dog’s hard work in thy life’”(208). {{sfn|Lawrence|1911|p=208}} | ||
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Brestwood”(1926),“Myself Revealed”(1928), and "Nottingham and the Mining Countryside”(1929), there is abundant resentment about his parents’ | Brestwood”(1926),“Myself Revealed”(1928), and "Nottingham and the Mining Countryside”(1929), there is abundant resentment about his parents’ | ||
failures and his own: “Oh my dear and virtuous mother, who believed in a | failures and his own: “Oh my dear and virtuous mother, who believed in a | ||
Utopia of goodness,so that your own people were never quite good enough | Utopia of goodness, so that your own people were never quite good enough | ||
for you—not even the spoiled delicate boy, myself” (“Return to Brestwood,”294). By 1929, Lawrence’s earlier anger about his father, dramatized in Sons | for you—not even the spoiled delicate boy, myself” (“Return to Brestwood,”294 {{sfn|Lawrence|1926|p=294}}). By 1929, Lawrence’s earlier anger about his father, dramatized in Sons | ||
and Lovers, has long dissipated, and in “Nottingham and the Mining Countryside” he contemplates him with knowledgeable empathy and a powerful | and Lovers, has long dissipated, and in “Nottingham and the Mining Countryside” he contemplates him with knowledgeable empathy and a powerful | ||
metaphor: | metaphor: | ||