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Women in Love

Author
D. H. Lawrence
Series
Timeless Classics
Language
English
Length
474 pages
ISBN
9781909904729
Published
15 October 2013
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Relationships
  • Love
  • Gender roles
  • Sexuality
  • Modernism
  • Industrialization
  • Class struggle
  • Psychology
  • Marriage
  • Art

Description

The story follows the lives of two sisters, Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen, as they navigate love, relationships, and societal expectations in early 20th-century England. The novel explores themes of passion, desire, and freedom, as the sisters form relationships with two very different men: Gudrun with the wealthy industrialist, Gerald Crich, and Ursula with the introspective school inspector, Rupert Birkin. As they each try to find their own path in life, the sisters must confront the complexities of love and sexuality, as well as the challenges of societal norms and expectations. "Women in Love" is a complex and multi-layered novel that offers a profound exploration of the human experience. It is a testament to the power of love and passion, as well as the challenges and complexities that come with navigating relationships in a rapidly changing world.

Author

D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) wrote as a prophet of authentic living in an age of machines. Novelist, poet, and essayist, he traced how industrial England suffocated instinct — and how love, nature, and honest desire might restore it. From the coal-country childhood of Sons and Lovers to the contested passion of Lady Chatterley's Lover, his fiction asks what it means to be fully alive when society prefers you obedient.

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