Name: Lady Chatterley's Lover: A Propos of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
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Author: Lawrence, D. H. ; Lessing, Doris ; Squires, Michael
ISBN: 9780141192482

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Lady Chatterley's Lover: A Propos of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

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Physical Book

Author

Introduction by

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Publisher

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.2 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

Weight

0.51 kg.

ISBN

9780141192482

ISBN13

9780141192482

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Synopsis "Lady Chatterley's Lover: A Propos of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (Penguin Clothbound Classics) "

One of the most extraordinary literary works of the twentieth century, Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned in England and the United States after its initial publication in 1928. The unexpurgated edition did not appear in America until 1959, after one of the most spectacular legal battles in publishing history. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, Clifford encourages her to have a liaison with a man of their own class. But Connie is attracted instead to her husband's gamekeeper and embarks on a passionate affair that brings new life to her stifled existence. Can she find a true equality with Mellors, despite the vast gulf between their positions in society? One of the most controversial novels in English literature, Lady Chatterley's Lover is an erotically charged and psychologically powerful depiction of adult relationships.

Doris Lessing

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Doris Lessing (Iran, 1919 - London, 2013), was an English writer born in Persia, spent her childhood on a farm in Zimbabwe after her family moved there in 1924. She left school at 14 and was self-educated while working as a clinic assistant, marked by a contentious relationship with her mother that led her to become independent at 17. After two marriages and three children, she settled in England in 1949, where she began her literary career with The Grass is Singing (1950), a novel that denounced racism in Africa

Her work, influenced by her life in Africa and her communist activism, merges social criticism -colonialism, racial inequality- with autobiographical explorations, as in the series Children of Violence (1952-1969). She ventured into science fiction with Canopus in Argos and addressed women's emancipation in The Golden Notebook (1962), an iconic work that made her a feminist symbol despite her rejection of the label. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (2007) and the Prince of Asturias Award (2001), her legacy endures as one of the most critical and visionary voices of the 20th century.

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