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Lady Chatterley's Lover

By D. H. Lawrence
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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence explores the life of Constance Reid, who becomes Lady Chatterley after marrying a wealthy baronet, Sir Clifford Chatterley. Faced with her husband's emotional and physical distance, Constance embarks on a passionate and forbidden affair with the estate's gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. The novel delves into themes of class, desire, and personal fulfilment.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the Sir Clifford. Paralysed in the First World War, Sir Clifford is unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, and encourages her instead to have a liaison with a man of their own class.

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Part of a series of new editions of DH Lawrence's most famous novels, stories and poems.

Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, Clifford encourages her to have a liaison with a man of their own class. But Connie is attracted instead to her husband's gamekeeper and embarks on a passionate affair that brings new life to her stifled existence.

Can she find a true equality with Mellors, despite the vast gulf between their positions in society?

One of the most controversial novels in English literature, Lady Chatterley's Lover is an erotically charged and psychologically powerful depiction of adult relationships.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence is widely acclaimed for its exploration of the intricate dynamics of love and sexuality. Doris Lessing particularly highlights Lawrence's unparalleled ability to delve into the power struggles inherent in these intimate relationships.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141441498

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 June 2006

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Michael Squires
  • Edited by Paul Poplawski
  • Introduction by Doris Lessing
  • Introduction by Doris Lessing
  • Introduction by Doris Lessing
  • Edited by Michael Squires
  • Edited by Paul Poplawski

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 295g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), English novelist, storywriter, critic, poet and painter, one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Among his works, Sons and Lovers appeared in 1913, The Rainbow (1915), Women In Love (1920), and many others. Doris Lessing was born Doris May Tayler in Persia (now Iran) on October 22, 1919. Among her major works are- The Golden Notebook (1962), Martha Quest and a proper marriage, The Four-Gated City (1969), The Fifth Child (1988), and Mara and Dann- An Adventure (1999).

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