Constance Chatterley is not content. Trapped in a humdrum marriage to an impotent man, she becomes drawn to the earthy gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. They embark on a sexually-charged affair that allows them a sense of enlightenment and physical fulfilment. In Lady Chatterley's Lover, D.H. Lawrence masterfully explores themes of class, love, sexuality and the conflict between the physical and the mental. Its famously improper content led to an obscenity trial that placed the role of censorship into the spotlight and challenged the boundaries of acceptability in literature.
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I think mainly because of the long descriptions, the debates and dialogs. And then there's Oliver speaking in a dialect. Plus the end just left me hanging! Did she get a divorce? Are they together now? I have so many questions!
Apr 25, 2025
2.5
Had a hard time with this book.
I think mainly because of the long descriptions, the debates and dialogs. And then there's Oliver speaking in a dialect. Plus the end just left me hanging! Did she get a divorce? Are they together now? I have so many questions!
