Classics · DarkSisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen meet Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich, and the four form attachments
Women in Love
Two sisters and two men form friendships and love affairs before the First World War
Ursula Brangwen is a schoolteacher and her sister Gudrun a painter. They meet Rupert Birkin, a school inspector, and Gerald Crich, the heir to a coal mine, and the four form friendships and romantic relationships. The story is set in the Erewash Valley, on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire border, in the 1910s. Thomas Seltzer published it in New York on 9 November 1920, in a limited first edition of 1,250 copies sold only to subscribers.
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Who
Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich.
World
The Erewash Valley, on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire border, in the 1910s.
What makes it different
It is the sequel to The Rainbow (1915). Ken Russell's 1969 film adaptation earned Glenda Jackson an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Feel
Intense and talkative.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Women in LoveWikipedia