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        Women In Love


        setting

        English Midlands

        time

        Early 20th century

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1920

        page count

        500

        difficulty

        Difficult

        main characters

        Sisters Ursula and Gudrun, their boyfriends Gerald, Birkin

        Rip's impressions

        Heady, philosophical, and erotic for its time. The private wrestling match between Gerald and Birkin in the state room of a giant mansion is one of the most memorable scenes from the novel. How else could men show their love for each other back then? A great movie production from the 70s captured the moment very well.

        first line

        Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)

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