gained any wider recognition for his literary talents 3.0Early Career In the autumn of 1908 the newly qualified Lawrence left his 5 childhood home for London.While teaching in Davidson Road School,Croydon,he continued writing.Some ofthe early poetry, submitted by Jessie Chambers,came to the attentionofFord Madox Ford,then knownas Ford Hermann Hueffer and editor ofthe influential The English Review.Hueffer then commissioned the story Odour ofChrysanthemums which,when published in that magazine encouraged Heinemann,a London publisher,to ask Lawrence for more work.His career as a professional author now began in earnest although hetaught for a further year.Shortly after the final proofs of his first published novel The White Peacock appeared in 1910, Lawrence'smother died.Shehad beenill with cancer.Theyoung 5 man was devastated and he was to describe the next few months as his "sick year."It is clear that Lawrence had an extremely close relationship with his mother and his grief following her death became 5 a major turningpoint in his life,just as the death of Mrs.Morel forms a major turningpoint in his autobiographical novel Sons and Lovers. a work that draws uponmuch ofthe writer's provincial upbringinggained any wider recognition for his literary talents. 3.0Early Career In the autumn of 1908 the newly qualified Lawrence left his childhood home for London. While teaching in Davidson Road School, Croydon, he continued writing. Some of the early poetry, submitted by Jessie Chambers, came to the attention of Ford Madox Ford, then known as Ford Hermann Hueffer and editor of the influential The English Review. Hueffer then commissioned the story Odour of Chrysanthemums which, when published in that magazine, encouraged Heinemann, a London publisher, to ask Lawrence for more work. His career as a professional author now began in earnest, although he taught for a further year. Shortly after the final proofs of his first published novel The White Peacock appeared in 1910, Lawrence's mother died. She had been ill with cancer. The young man was devastated and he was to describe the next few months as his "sick year." It is clear that Lawrence had an extremely close relationship with his mother and his grief following her death became a major turning point in his life, just as the death of Mrs. Morel forms a major turning point in his autobiographical novel Sons and Lovers, a work that draws upon much of the writer's provincial upbringing. 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’