Women In Love
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few novels in the English literary canon match the raw psychological intensity of Women in Love, D.H. Lawrence's searing masterwork that chronicles the intertwined lives of two sisters — the passionate Ursula Brangwen and the coolly intellectual Gudrun — as they navigate desire, power, and the search for meaning in a rapidly industrialising England. Set against the backdrop of a Midlands mining community, the novel presents two contrasting love affairs: Ursula's tumultuous relationship with the philosopher Rupert Birkin, and Gudrun's volatile entanglement with the brooding, aristocratic Gerald Crich, each pairing becoming a battlefield for competing visions of love, freedom, and human connection. A sequel to The Rainbow yet utterly complete in its own right, this 1920 novel stands as one of Lawrence's most ambitious achievements, illustrating his conviction that the psychological and the erotic are inseparable forces in human life. Lawrence's prose burns with an almost visionary urgency — dense, lyrical, and uncompromising — as he dissects the failures of modern civilisation and the corrosive effects of industrialism on the human soul. With an introduction and original illustrations included in this Heron Books edition, the novel's enduring power is given fresh context, leaving the reader to ponder whether any of its searingly modern lovers ever truly find what they are looking for.
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few novels in the English literary canon match the raw psychological intensity of Women in Love, D.H. Lawrence's searing masterwork that chronicles the intertwined lives of two sisters — the passionate Ursula Brangwen and the coolly intellectual Gudrun — as they navigate desire, power, and the search for meaning in a rapidly industrialising England. Set against the backdrop of a Midlands mining community, the novel presents two contrasting love affairs: Ursula's tumultuous relationship with the philosopher Rupert Birkin, and Gudrun's volatile entanglement with the brooding, aristocratic Gerald Crich, each pairing becoming a battlefield for competing visions of love, freedom, and human connection. A sequel to The Rainbow yet utterly complete in its own right, this 1920 novel stands as one of Lawrence's most ambitious achievements, illustrating his conviction that the psychological and the erotic are inseparable forces in human life. Lawrence's prose burns with an almost visionary urgency — dense, lyrical, and uncompromising — as he dissects the failures of modern civilisation and the corrosive effects of industrialism on the human soul. With an introduction and original illustrations included in this Heron Books edition, the novel's enduring power is given fresh context, leaving the reader to ponder whether any of its searingly modern lovers ever truly find what they are looking for.