Lady Chatterley's lover: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Lady Chatterley's lover is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) (1885–1930).

Catalogue synopsis

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"Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D. H. Lawrence is a novel first published privately in 1928. The story follows Constance Chatterley, an upper-class woman trapped in a passionless marriage to her paralyzed husband, who begins an affair with Mellors, the estate's working-class gamekeeper. Their relationship challenges rigid social boundaries and explores the essential connection between physical desire and emotional fulfillment. The novel's explicit content sparked worldwide obscenity trials and bans, becoming one of the most controversial works of the twentieth century.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Lady Chatterley's lover
• Author credits: Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) (1885–1930)
• Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

• Adultery -- Fiction
• Disabled veterans -- Fiction
• England -- Fiction
• Erotic fiction
• Gamekeepers -- Fiction
• Love stories
• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
• Married women -- Fiction

Gutenberg collections

• Category: British Literature
• Category: Novels
• Category: Sexuality & Erotica

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