Book of the Month for March is Women In Love. No not the Barbra Streisand song (you’re signing it now aren’t you?) but the 1920’s classic by D H Lawrence. It’s actually a sequel to a book called The Rainbow but don’t let that put you off (I haven’t read it either). We can learn about the Brangwen sisters together and then have a go at answering the Book Club questions or read my Big Review at the end of the month. This is the man who gave you Lady Chatterley’s Lover folks, strap in this could get interesting.
Women in Love – the blurb
Lawrence’s finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, and Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity and philosophical obscurity. Women in Love is, however, a profound response to a whole cultural crisis. The ‘progress’ of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War.
What, then, did it mean to call ourselves ‘human’? On what grounds could we place ourselves above and beyond the animal world? What are the definitive forms of our relationships – love, marriage, family, friendship – really worth? And how might they be otherwise? Without directly referring to the war, Women in Love explores these questions with restless energy.
Join Us…
I will be sharing my Big Review of Women In Love on the last Friday of the month. A series of Book Club questions will also be around for you to answer on the last Thursday. Don’t wait until then though, I would love to know your marks out of ten as soon as you have read it. So grab your copy and read along with me.
