Ursula leaves the school to attend teacher training college, but when Sebrensky returns she quickly loses interest in her studies.

They become lovers but, while she enjoys their illicit affair, Ursula is loath to enter into a contract of marriage.

DH Lawrence's novel explores the passionate lives of three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire.

Read by David Bradley

Abridged in by Linda Cracknell

Producer: Lu Kemp

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004 Show less