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Women in Love
by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: Martin Secker, 1921 First trade edition. One of 1,500 copies. Publisher's chocolate brown boards, lettered in gilt, ruled in blind. Very good or better, with minor wear to the spine ends, a hint of soiling to the rear board, spine very lightly starting at the half-title, some light toning to the otherwise clean pages. Roberts A15.c. Women in Love chronicles the lives of three generations of Brangwens, a farming family from Nottinghamshire, whose livelihoods and relationships are affected by the industrialization of England. Lawrence originally intended the text, which he edited and revised for several years, to be titled "The Sisters," but eventually divided it into Women in Love and its prequel The Rainbow (1915). Because of the controversies surrounding The Rainbow, censored for Lawrence's unapologetic descriptions of the characters' sexual desires, Women in Love was initially rejected by "almost every publisher in London." Although Lawrence completed the manuscript in 1916, Women in Love was first published privately in New York in November 1920 before this first trade edition of June 1921.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
Synopsis
D.H. Lawrence’s Women in Love, the sequel to The Rainbow (1915), was published in 1920. However, these novels, two of the author’s greatest, were initially conceived as a single work. Women in Love continues The Rainbow’s story of the Brangwen family, focusing namely on the lives and loves of sisters Ursula and Gudren. Urusula, a teacher, becomes romantically involved with Rupert Birkin, a school inspector with some unconventional ideas and attitudes; Gurdren, an artist, becomes involved with Gerald Crich, an industrialist and coal mine heir. Drawn together by a number of incidents, all four yearn for fulfillment, but struggle to avoid destruction in the process. Getting Women in Love published proved to be a challenge following The Rainbow’s obscenity trial, which resulted in the novel’s being unavailable in the UK for over a decade after. Unsurprisingly, Methuen & Co., publisher of The Rainbow, backed out of publishing Women in Love. But after three long years of delays and extensive revisions, Thomas Seltzer published Women in Love in New York City. Women in Love is ranked 49th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century; The Rainbow is ranked 48th.
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- Bookseller
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DHL049
- Title
- Women in Love
- Author
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London: Martin Secker
- Date Published
- 1921
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Fiction; British Literature;
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