Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Lady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D.H. Lawrence, first published in 1928. It tells the story of Lady Constance Chatterley, a young married woman whose husband, Sir Clifford Chatterley, is paralyzed from the waist down due to a war injury. Constance is frustrated by her husband's lack of physical and emotional intimacy, and begins an affair with the gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. The novel follows their relationship as it develops, and explores themes of class, gender, and sexuality. The novel was controversial at the time of its publication due to its explicit sexual content, and was the subject of a famous obscenity trial in 1960. It has since become a classic of English literature, and is widely considered to be one of Lawrence's greatest works.

By D.H. Lawrence · First published 1928 · Genre: Romance, Realism, Modernism · 19 chapters · 117,833 words

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Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

This was more or less Constance Chatterley's position. The war had brought the roof down over her head. And she had realized that one must live and learn.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: D.H. Lawrence
• Date: 1928 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Romance, Realism, Modernism, Literary Fiction
• Length: 117,833 words
• Structure: 19 chapters, 3,524 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Genres

• Romance — The novel follows the story of an aristocrat, Lady Chatterley, and her affair with her gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors, and is a classic example of a romance novel.
• Realism — The novel is set in the English countryside and is written in a realistic style, with a focus on the everyday lives of the characters.
• Modernism — The novel is considered to be a modernist work, as it explores themes of class, gender, and sexuality in a frank and open manner.
• Literary Fiction — The novel is considered to be a classic of literary fiction, as it is a complex and nuanced exploration of the human condition.

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Contents

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Chapter 12
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 17
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19

More by D.H. Lawrence

• Sons & Lovers (1913)
• Bay: A Book of Poems (1919)
• Birdcage Walk (1918)
• Apprehension (1918)
• Autumn Sunshine (1918)
• Coming Awake (1918)
• Bitterness Of Death (1918)
• Two-Fold (1918)
• All works by D.H. Lawrence