Women In Love

Women in Love (1969) by D.H. Lawrence – Penguin Books Edition
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From the author who made English teachers blush and censors twitch, Women in Love is D.H. Lawrence’s feverish follow-up to The Rainbow, and arguably his most ambitious—and controversial—novel. This 1969 Penguin Books edition delivers all the torrid intensity, tortured relationships, and philosophical brooding you could want from a book where everyone seems to be either arguing, wrestling, or falling desperately in love (often all at once).

Set against the backdrop of post-WWI England, the novel follows sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen as they navigate the emotional minefields of their respective relationships with school inspector Rupert Birkin and industrialist Gerald Crich. Expect desire, destruction, and a fair bit of symbolic nakedness. Yes, that infamous lakeside wrestling scene is still here in all its existential glory.

Condition: Marginally less battered than the characters within. Slight foxing, spine leans like a tortured soul in search of meaning. Ideal for readers who like their romance intense and their philosophy sweaty.

Crappy Old Books: Smudged, scuffed, and scandalously good.

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