Banned & vindicated, condemned & lauded, ” Lady Chatterley`s Lover” is D.H. Lawrence`s seminal novel of illicit passion & forbidden desire. This ” Penguin Classics” edition is edited with notes by Michael Squires & an introduction by Doris Lessing. 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, & encourages her instead to have a liaison with a man of their own class. But Connie is attracted instead to Oliver Mellors, her husband`s gamekeeper, with whom she embarks on a passionate affair that brings new life to her stifled existence. Can she find true love 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 & psychologically powerful depiction of adult relationships. In her introduction Doris Lessing discusses the influence of Lawrence`s sexual politics, his relationship with his wife Frieda & his attitude towards the First World War. Using the complete & restored text of the Cambridge edition, this volume
Includes:: a new chronology & further reading by Paul Poplawski & notes by Michael Squires. D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), novelist, storywriter, critic, poet & painter, was one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature. Lawrence published ” Sons & Lovers” in 1913, but ” The Rainbow”, completed in 1915, was declared obscene & banned two months after first publication; & for three years he could not find a publisher for ” Women in Love”, which he completed in 1917. His last novel, ” Lady Chatterley`s Lover”, was published in 1928, but banned in England & America. If you enjoyed ” Lady Chatterley`s Lover”, you might like Gustave Flaubert`s ” Madame Bovary”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”. ”A brave & important book, passionate & wildly ambitious”. (” Independent on Sunday”). ”A masterpiece”. (” Guardian”).