D H LAWRENCE - SONS AND LOVERS

Today's literary extract is from D H Lawrence's novel Sons and Lovers and has been recorded on request with one line excised as it was felt to detract a little from the sentiment of the piece:

"Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved. The warmth, the security and peace of soul, the utter comfort from the touch of the other, knits the sleep, so that it takes the body and soul completely in its healing."

My reading can be heard here:

D H Lawrence - Sons and Lovers