D.H. Lawrence WOMEN IN LOVE.

Plot summary Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen are two sisters living in the Midlands of England in the 1910s. Ursula is a teacher, Gudrun an artist. hey meet two men who live near!y, school ins"ector #u"ert Bir$in and coal% mine heir Gerald &rich. he four !ecome friends. Ursula and Bir$in !ecome involved, and Gudrun eventually !egins a love affair with Gerald. 'll four are dee"ly concerned with (uestions of society, "olitics, and the relationshi" !etween men and women. 't a "arty at Gerald)s estate, Gerald)s sister *iana drowns. Gudrun !ecomes the teacher and mentor of his youngest sister. +oon Gerald)s coal%mine%owning father dies as well, after a long illness. 'fter the funeral, Gerald goes to Gudrun)s house and s"ends the night with her, while her "arents are aslee" in another room. Bir$in as$s Ursula to marry him, and she agrees. Gerald and Gudrun)s relationshi", however, !ecomes stormy. he four vacation in the 'l"s. Gudrun !egins an intense friendshi" with ,oer$e, a "hysically "uny !ut emotionally commanding artist from *resden. Gerald, enraged !y ,oer$e and most of all !y Gudrun)s ver!al a!use and re-ection of his manhood, and driven !y the internal violence of his own self, tries to strangle Gudrun. Before he has $illed her, however, he reali.es that this is not what he wants%%he leaves Gudrun and ,oer$e and on his s$is clim!s ever u"ward on the mountains, eventually sli""ing into a snow valley where he falls aslee", a fro.en slee" from which he never awa$ens. he im"act on Bir$in of Gerald)s death is "rofound/ the novel ends a few wee$s after Gerald)s death, with Bir$in trying to e0"lain to Ursula that he needs Gerald as he needs her%%her for the "erfect relationshi" with a woman, and Gerald for the "erfect relationshi" with a man.