Lady Chatterley’s Lover, by D. H. Lawrence
By Peter on Jan 4, 2010 in Classical novel, D.H. Lawrence, Excellent book, Fiction Books, The World of Books, World literature, bestseller, book review
Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a delightful novel and surely one of the most extraordinary literary works of the twentieth century. It is a book with a history – a 
The book tells the story of Constance (Connie), a young lady who married Sir Clifford Chatterley in 1917. Shortly after their honeymoon, he returned to Flanders to keep fighting in the World War I. When he returns home six months later he is paralyzed from the waist down. Connie remains at his side, but there is considerable distance between. Eventually Connie finds herself falling in love with Oliver Mellor, her husband’s game-keeper. He is crude and anti-social, and has an honesty and lack of pretension which Connie finds refreshing. He is also quite attractive.
This is not at all a dirty book. Rather it is a tender book with lyrical descriptions, but at the same time Lady Chatterley’s Lover is frank and explicit. The sex scenes are beautiful and not at all pornographic. Lawrence is more concerned with the emotional experience of sex than physical details.
The story in Lady Chatterley’s Lover is masterful at other levels as well – the book has accurate and very interesting descriptions of the class structure in England at the time, and with character descriptions that are very finely drawn.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover is an excellent novel that deals with themes of love, passion, respect, honor, and the need for understanding. It is a masterfully written and complex character-driven novel. Highly recommended.
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