Bibliograph

Lady Chatterley's lover ;, A propos of "Lady Chatterley's lover", D.H. Lawrence ; edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Squires ; with an introduction by Doris Lessing

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Lady Chatterley's lover ;, A propos of "Lady Chatterley's lover", D.H. Lawrence ; edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Squires ; with an introduction by Doris Lessing

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 362)

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lady Chatterley's lover ;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

599760168

Responsibility statement

D.H. Lawrence ; edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Squires ; with an introduction by Doris Lessing

Sub title

A propos of "Lady Chatterley's lover"

Summary

A book which has achieved more notoriety for its sex scenes (shocking in 1930, when the book was written) than for its character studies, Lady Chatterley's Lover focuses on the affair between Constance, the "sturdy" young wife of Clifford Chatterley, and the gamekeeper of the Chatterleys' estate in the remote midlands. Constance, who married Clifford a month before he left for World War I, has become his caretaker since his return from the war, paralyzed from the waist down and impotent. A writer who surrounds himself with intellectual friends, Clifford regards Connie as his hostess and caregiver and does not understand her abject yearning for some life of her own. The distance between Constance and Clifford increases when Mrs. Bolton, a widow from the village, becomes his devoted caretaker, and he becomes increasingly dependent upon her

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