Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Name: Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Author: D.H. Lawrence
ISBN: 9781843795094

Author: D.H. Lawrence

Narrator: Maxine Peake

Abridged: 5 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 02/28/2011

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Lady Chatterley’s husband returns from the War paralysed from the waist down. Frustrated by his attitudes as much as his disability, she begins a love-affair with the gamekeeper, Mellors. She realises that to be fully alive she must live the life of the body as well as the mind, but in doing so she angers the conventions of her day. Banned for over 30 years for the explicit nature of its language and descriptions of sex, Lady Chatterley’s Lover also exposes the dehumanisation of the mechanical age, and underlines the profound power of tenderness.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brad on November 02, 2011

WARNING: This review contains a discussion of the c-word, and I plan to use it. Please don't read this if you do not want to see the word spelled out. Thanks. This is less a review than an homage to my crazy mother (now I have you really intrigued, don't I?) It was 1983, and I was in my first Catholic......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 15, 2023

"Afternoon, m'lady - dust tha fancy a quick un over yon five barred gate?" "Oh you earthy gamekeepers, well I don't know... oh alright... but only if you mention my private parts in a rough yet tender manner and clasp them enthusiastically betwixt your craggy extremities." Lord Chatterley, from a mull......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on October 11, 2022

Definitely worth a read because of how much this book rebelled against contemporary expectations - not only sex, but the musings on modern society (which I really enjoyed) provide a critique of the taboos around the body which still exist today. Also some great nature descriptions - I think this wou......more