1920High Modernism
Women in Love
D. H. Lawrence · 1885–1930 · England
Why it matters
Two sisters, two men, and Lawrence's most ambitious inquiry into love, will, and the life of the body. Passion rendered as metaphysics, in prose that was banned as often as it was worshipped.
At a glance
philosophical novelpsychological novel
Difficulty 7/10slow pace542 pagesAbstract, near-mystical passages on will and desire slow the narrative considerably.
