Lady Chatterley’s Lover | Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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Author: D. H. Lawrence
First Published: 1928
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Psychological realism
Time of Work: 1910-1920
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

*Dresden. German city known for centuries as one of Europe’s most beautiful and culturally refined cities. It serves as the place in which the novel’s protagonist Constance Chatterley gets her first taste of the delights of social interaction and sexual awareness. Constance’s father sends her there to summer at age fifteen, and it is in Dresden that Constance acquires a taste for art and politics, as well as the view that her burgeoning sexuality is an essential facet of her identity. In Dresden’s shaded parks and secluded alcoves she has a number of...

Lady Chatterley’s Lover | Lady Chatterley’s Lover

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