Lady Chatterley's Lover: A novel (Vintage Classics)
Classiques (romans), Oeuvres littéraires (romans), Intrigue amoureuse historique
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING THE CROWN&’S EMMA CORRIN AND UNBROKEN&’S JACK O&’CONNELLIntroduction by Kathryn Harrison Inspired by the long-standing affair between D. H. Lawrence&’s German wife and an Italian peasant, Lady Chatterley&’s Lover follows the… intense passions of Constance Chatterley. Trapped in an unhappy marriage to an aristocratic mine owner whose war wounds have left him paralyzed and impotent, Constance enters into a liaison with the gamekeeper Mellors. Frank Kermode called the book D. H. Lawrence&’s &“great achievement,&” Anaïs Nin described it as &“his best novel,&” and Archibald MacLeish hailed it as &“one of the most important works of fiction of the century.&” Along with an incisive Introduction by Kathryn Harrison, this Modern Library edition includes the transcript of the judge&’s decision in the famous 1959 obscenity trial that allowed Lady Chatterley&’s Lover to be published in the United States.