恋爱中的女人:WOMEN IN LOVE

Women in Love is anovel by British author D. H. Lawrence, privately printed in 1920 and publishedcommercially in 1921. Following the characters Lawrence had created for TheRainbow (1915), Women in Love examines the ill effects of industrialization onthe human psyche, resolving that individual and collective rebirth is possibleonly through human intensity and passion.

The novel contraststhe love affair of Rupert Birkin and Ursula Brangwen with that of Gudrun,Ursula’s artistic sister, and Gerald Crich, a domineering industrialist.Rupert, an introspective misanthrope, struggles to reconcile his metaphysicaldrive for self-fulfillment with Ursula’s practical view of sentimental passion.Their love affair and eventual marriage are set as a positive antithesis to thedestructive relationship of Gudrun and Gerald.

The novel alsoexplores the relationship between Rupert and Gerald. According to critics,Rupert is a self-portrait of Lawrence, and Ursula represents Lawrence’s wife,Frieda.

The novel has alsobeen adapted into some film and Television editions. In 1999, the ModernLibrary ranked Women in Love forty-ninth on a list of the 100 best novels inEnglish of the 20th century.