Lady Chatterley's Lover: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Softcover

Lawrence, D. H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014303961X ISBN 13: 9780143039617

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the gamekeeper who works for the estate owned by her husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, Lawrence's masterful and lyrical writing, and a story that takes us bodily into the world of its characters.

Review:

"Nobody concerned with the novel in our century can afford not to read it." --Lawrence Durrell

"Nobody concernedwith the novel in our century can afford not toread it." Lawrence Durrell"

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 014303961X
• ISBN 13: 9780143039617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Squires Michael, Poplawski Paul