Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Romantic tragedy
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s
- Setting: Towns named Wragby and Tevershall, in the Midlands of and European cities, notably Venice
- Principal Characters: Sir Clifford Chatterly, Constance Chatterley, Michaelis, Arnold Hammond, Tommy Dukes, Charles May, Oliver Mellors, Connie Mellors, Hilda, Sir Malcolm Reid, Duncan Forbes
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Class conflict, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Manners or customs, 1910’s, 1920’s, England or English people, War, Adultery, Illegitimacy, London, Ethics, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Pollution, Industrialization
- Locales: London, England, Venice, Italy, Dresden, Germany
The Novel
The quest for fulfillment in a broken world is the central concern of this work, which became controversial for its frank and explicit depiction of sexual relations. The plot, which is relatively uncomplicated, deals with the travails of a loveless marriage and the attempt of the woman to find gratification elsewhere. At the outset, the events that join Sir Clifford and Constance Chatterley in marriage and their life together at his estate in Wragby are traced in a summary of the issues that later are to affect their separate destinies. When she was a girl, Constance...
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