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D. H. LawrenceWomen in Love (January 12, 2009)

Librivox recording of Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence.
Read by Ruth Golding.

Women in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow (1915), and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an industrialist. Lawrence contrasts this pair with the love that develops between Ursula and Rupert Birkin, an alienated intellectual who articulates many opinions associated with the author. The emotional relationships thus established are given further depth and tension by an unadmitted homoerotic attraction between Gerald and Rupert. The novel ranges over the whole of British society at the time of the First World War and eventually ends high up in the snows of the Swiss Alps. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox

Artist/Composer: D. H. Lawrence
Date: 2009-01-12
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; literature; English novel; fiction

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Philippe Horak - - March 29, 2009
Subject: A breathtaking recording
"Women in Love", D. H. Lawrence's sequel to "The Rainbow", continues the tumultuous stories of sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen. The sisters are definitively modern women, bolder and more intense in nature than their Victorian predecessors. Both plunge headlong into passionate affairs with two very different men, and the two bright young couples explore their relationships with each other and the world around them. Theirs are the voices of a new age as they question the nature of love, politics, and the people of England. Controversial in its day for its honest, vivid depictions of sexuality and other daring topics, this novel is a fascinating look at modern life and love breaking free of a more conservative past.
Many thanks to Mrs Golding for her outstanding reading of this long novel. A truly remarkable performance well worth listening to.

Reviewer: TheBookworm - - February 15, 2009
Subject: A truly outstanding reading
Driving up and down the M62 over the last few years I have listened to dozens of LibriVox recordings. It would be rather silly to say that one or other is the "best", but if I had to list my favourite half dozen this one would be right in there.

Ruth Golding's interpretation is of the highest quality. I can't imagine how the recording could have been better if she were a professional voice actress (perhaps she is?). This is a longish book, but Ruth is able to maintain her voice characterizations from start to finish. Her careful diction and well thought out interpretation is simply wonderful to hear -- even though Lawrence's self-absorbed characters can be fairly annoying!

TheBookworm, Manchester, UK.