Women in Love

‘Women in Love’ was written in Cornwall in 1916. It is a sequel to his earlier novel ‘The Rainbow’ but did not appear in Britain until 1921, dogged by opposition and controversy. The main theme of the book is the relationship between two couples, Birkin and Ursula and Gerald and Gudrun. Birkin is based on Lawrence himself and there is much in the book about Lawrence’s own striving for an understanding of what makes for love between a woman and a man and a man and a man.