'Women in Love' follows the third generation of Brangwens, Ursula Brangwen, now a teacher at Beldover, and her sister Gudrun, who has returned from art school in London. The focus of the novel is on their relationships.

A semi-autobiographical novel that explores the emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and the suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. It is a pre-Freudian exploration of love and possessiveness