E-Reading: Book Review of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H Lawrence
Name of Book: Lady Chatterley's Lover Author: DH Lawrence ISBN: 978-1-411-43250-5 Publisher: Barnes and Noble Classics Type of book: World War I, 1900s-1920s, paralyzed, women's desires, adultery, wealth, high class vs working class, sensuality, love, gender differences Year it was published: 1928 Summary: Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D. H. Lawrence, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. The last, and most famous, of D. H. Lawrence’s novels, Lady Chatterley’s Lover was published in 1928 and banned in England and the United States as pornographic. While sexually tame by today’s standards, the book is memorable for better reasons—Lawrence’s masterful and lyrical prose, and a vibrant story that takes us bodily into the world of its characters. As the novel opens, Constan...