Women in Love (Vintage Classics)

"Women in Love is a work of genius. It contains characters which are masterpieces of pure creation." — New StatesmanWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD JACOBSONWomen in Love begins one blossoming spring day in England and ends with a terrible catastrophe in the snow of the Alps. Ursula and Gudrun are very different sisters who become entangled with two friends, Rupert and Gerald, who live in their hometown. The bonds between the couples quickly become intense and passionate but whether this passion is creative or destructive is unclear. In this astonishing novel, widely considered to be D.H. Lawrence's best work, he explores what it means to be human in an age of conflict and confusion.