[Brangwen Family 02] • The First 'Women in Love'

LDIVRLDIVRLDIVRLIRWomen in LoveL/IR, by LBRD. H. LawrenceL/BR, is part of the LIRBarnes Noble ClassicsL/IRLIR L/IRseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of LIRBarnes Noble ClassicsL/IR: LDIVR

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All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. LIRBarnes Noble Classics L/IRpulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.L/DIVRL/DIVRL/DIVRLDIVR L/DIVRLDIVROne of the most versatile and influential figures in twentieth-century literature, LBRD. H. LawrenceL/BR was a master craftsman and profound thinker whose celebration of sexuality in an over-intellectualized world opened the door to that topic for countless writers after him.LBRRLBRRPerhaps his finest novel, LIRWomen in LoveL/IR (1920) continues the story of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, who first appeared in Lawrence’s novel LIRThe RainbowL/IR (1915).   The story contrasts the passionate love affairs of Ursula and Rupert Birkin, a character often seen as a self-portrait of Lawrence, with that of Gudrun and Gerald Crich, an icily handsome mining industrialist. Birkin, an introspective misanthrope, struggles to reconcile his metaphysical drive for self-fulfillment with Ursula’s practical view of sentimental passion. As they fight their way through to a mutually satisfying relationship—and eventual marriage—Gudrun and Crich’s sadomasochistic love affair careens toward a disastrous conclusion. LBRRLBRRA dark, disturbing, yet beautiful exploration of love in an increasingly violent and destructive world, Women in Love nevertheless holds out the hope of individual and collective rebirth through human intensity and passion. LBRRL/DIVRLDIVRLDIVRLBRNorman LoftisL/BR is a poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher, and filmmaker. His works include LIRExiles and VoyagesL/IR (poetry, 1969), LIRBlack AnimaL/IR (poetry, 1973), LIRLife ForceL/IR (novel, 1982), LIRFrom Barbarism to DecadenceL/IR (1984), and LIRCondition ZeroL/IR (1993). His feature films include LIRSchamanL/IR (1984), the award-winningLIR Small TimeL/IR (1989), and LIRMessengerL/IR (1995). He is currently Chair of the Department of Literature at the Brooklyn Campus of the College of New Rochelle and is on the faculty at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, where he has taught since 1970.L/DIVRL/DIVRL/DIVR