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Women in Love

By: D. H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Maureen O'Brien
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“Let us hesitate no longer to announce that the sensual passions and mysteries are equally sacred with the spiritual mysteries and passions,” wrote D. H. Lawrence in Women in Love, his masterpiece heralding the erotic consciousness of the twentieth century. Lawrence explores love, sex, passion, and marriage through the eyes of two sisters, Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen. Intelligent, incisive, and observant, the two very different sisters pursue thrilling, torrid affairs with their lovers, Rupert and Gerald, while searching for more mature emotional relationships. Against a haunting World War I backdrop of coal mines, factories, and a beleaguered working class, Gudrun and Ursula’s temperamental differences spark an ongoing debate regarding their society, their inner lives, and the mysteries between men and women. Lawrence considered this to be his best novel.

(P)2011 AudioGO Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Romance Mystery
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Critic reviews

“What beauties the book contains! There are many pages in it so saturated with warm and lovely intimacies that one reads absorbed.”

(Guardian (London))

“His masterpiece…An astonishing work that moves on several levels…Lawrence compels us to admit that we live less finely than we should, whatever we are.”

(New York Review of Books)

“Maureen O’Brien splendidly creates the tone and tension of each characte…O’Brien’s voice has an entrancing lilt which complements each phrase. Her sensitive, fluid performance…transports the listener.”

(AudioFile)

“Fresher and more immediate [than previous editions].”

(Library Journal)
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Beautifully presented, another masterpiece from DHLawrence. Definitely recommend and I will download the next novel.

Enjoyable

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The book gives a fascinating insight into the spiritual and personal struggles of the last century. The outstanding thing in this recording is the narration. Each character is so perfectly depicted with different tones of voice that one would think one were listening to many different actors. It is like listening to a brilliantly acted play.

The best narration I have ever heard

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A strange and intense book that follows relationships intimately and often with startling observations. Brilliant performance by Maureen O’Brien, which must have taken a lot of energy. But she makes the abstractions engaging, alive, thoughtful. And I loved the (probably unintentionally) funny bits, which O’Brien captured with arch fondness. Great listen.

Excellent reading performance

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Couldn’t listen to the narrator. Her tone, especially for Hermione was ridiculous and did not express the descriptions of her tone or emotion

A pleasant voice does not a good narrator make!

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From ‘Women in Love’ audiobook review:

Written by a man who gives me the impression he was a past incel prototype, this book is littered with chauvinists. Not an enjoyable read at all really, no likeable protagonists, or interesting events, or plot twists until the very end. I just felt like the writer had a huge chip on his shoulder and this book was one long rant about women.
It was however very well read, with cleverly differing accents and consistent voices for each character. Some descriptions of scenery were beautifully put also.

Well read but not an enjoyable book for me

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