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Lady Chatterley's lover

by D. H. Lawrence

First published
1928
Reading level
Easy
Price
Free

About the book

"Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D. H. Lawrence is a novel first published privately in 1928. The story follows Constance Chatterley, an upper-class woman trapped in a passionless marriage to her paralyzed husband, who begins an affair with Mellors, the estate's working-class gamekeeper. Their relationship challenges rigid social boundaries and explores the essential connection between physical desire and emotional fulfillment. The novel's explicit content sparked worldwide obscenity trials and bans, becoming one of the most controversial works of the twentieth century.

  • Adultery
  • England
  • Love stories
  • Married women
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Erotic fiction

Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #73144. Lady Chatterley's lover on Wikipedia.

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