Penguin Books, England, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Third impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 365 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. An authoritative edition of what D.H. Lawrence called "the most improper novel in the world"With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralysed as her husband Clifford is paralysed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper, a solitary man of a class apart, that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment. Included here, in his essay A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover, are Lawrence's own, final thoughts on male-female relationships in the modern world. This Penguin edition reproduces the newly established Cambridge text, the first edition ever to restore to Lawrence's most famous work the words he wrote and the first to correct authoritatively the 1928 Florence edition which Lawrence personally supervised. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; England; 1920s; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0140187863. ISBN/EAN: 9780140187861. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10417. . 9780140187861

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D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover holds the distinguished title of being one the most banned books in history. Infamous for its explicit descriptions of sex and other vulgarities, it was only published openly in the United Kingdom in 1960. The book focused on the illicit affair between an upper-class woman and her lower-class gamekeeper, and it was received with outrage and intrigue, resulting in numerous abridged versions being published throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Because the first edition was so quickly banned from public consumption, there are many abridged and censored versions available, though few are as valuable as the original. The first printings were bound with brown boards with an insignia of a phoenix gracing its front cover. The phoenix has remained a potent symbol for the book, in large part because of the book's victory in the infamous British Obscenity Trial in 1960. D.H. Lawrence was a well-known English author who wrote many novels, short stories, and books of poetry. Not just an author, Lawrence was also a well-respected literary critic who wrote several essays regarding other famous writers, including Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman.

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10417
Title: Lady Chatterley's Lover
Author: Lawrence, D.H
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0140187863
ISBN 13: 9780140187861
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: England
Date Published: 1994
Keywords: BZDB137 d.h. lawrence, fiction, early 20th century, england, Fiction; England; 1920s; Literature & Literary. Unbranded ISBN: 0140187863 EAN: 9780140187861 Lawrence, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover

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