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Women in Love (1969): Film vs Book
Film · 1969 · Directed by Ken Russell · Starring Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson
About the film
Two sisters and their relationships with two very different men in a mining region of England, told with unusual frankness for its time.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film catches the book's passion and its challenging conversations about love and freedom, though some of the long discussions are shortened.
Read or watch first?
The novel's long conversations are where the real drama lives.
What the book gives you
Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
Intense, lyrical scenes that give you plenty to think about love and freedom.
Who will like it: Readers who enjoy passionate, intellectual novels about love and relationships.