Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The early 1920’s
- Setting: The English Midlands, Venice, and London
- 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
Characters Discussed
Sir Clifford Chatterley, the owner of an estate at Wragby in the Midlands of England. He has a considerable income from coal mines that his family has controlled for generations. His father, Sir Geoffrey, baronet of Wragby, reared him with the expectation that one of his sons would carry on the family tradition of service to England. When Clifford’s older brother Herbert is killed in World War I, Clifford is encouraged by his father to marry; after a brief courtship, he marries Constance Reid. A war injury paralyzes the lower half of his body. At the age...
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