Lady Chatterley’s Lover
A woman in an unhappy marriage finds love with the local gameskeeper, while she contemplates her position in the society of early 20th century England.
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- Length
- 118,000 words
- Reading time
- About 7 hours
- Format
- EPUB, DRM-free
About the book
One of the most controversial novels of the twentieth century, Lady Chatterley’s Lover follows the story of Lady Constance Chatterley, unhappily married to disabled World War I veteran and coal tycoon Sir Clifford Chatterley, as she takes as a lover the gamekeeper of her estate, Oliver Mellors, a working class man of the earth. Constance struggles with the guilt of her infidelity, but realizes that her marriage is over and wants to get more out of her life. Oliver, a veteran himself with some education, enjoys her company but worries about his own position in society.
Like D. H. Lawrence’s earlier novels Women in Love and The Rainbow, this novel describes in detail the sexual encounters between the two lovers, doing so using language that was shocking at the time. It was subsequently banned in many countries and for years was only available through underground means. It was not until 1960 that the full, unexpurgated edition was finally able to be published in its native United Kingdom, after being the subject of a court case about freedom of speech and the idea of redeeming social or literary value trumping any notions of obscenity in works of art. The novel’s victory at trial is seen by many as the moment Britain began changing into a permissive society.
This is the Standard Ebooks edition, carefully proofread and typeset, with a table of contents and linked footnotes.
