His work expresses his belief in emotion and the sexual impulse as creative and true to human nature. His writing first received attention after the publication of the semi-autobiographical Sons and Lovers 1913. Other novels include The Rainbow 1915, Women in Love 1921, and Lady Chatterley's Lover 1928. Lawrence also wrote short stories (for example, The Woman Who Rode Away) and poetry. The Rainbow was suppressed for obscenity, and Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned as obscene in the UK until 1960. The son of a Nottinghamshire miner, Lawrence studied at University College, Nottingham, and became a teacher. In 1914 he married Frieda von Richthofen, ex-wife of his university professor, with whom he had run away 1912. Frieda was the model for Ursula Brangwen in The Rainbow and its sequel, Women in Love; Sons and Lovers includes a portrayal of his mother (died 1911). Lawrence's travels in search of health (he suffered from tuberculosis, from which he eventually died near Nice, France) prompted books such as Mornings in Mexico 1927.
