Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence

 

Lady Chatterley’s Lover 

 

by D. H. Lawrence

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a novel by English writer D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1928. The book was the subject of an obscenity trial in the 1960's when Penguin Books were taken to court over it's publication - a case which they won and which led to the book finally being released to the British public. Prior to this, it had only been published in France and Italy. It was considered obscene due to it's explicit descriptions of sex, and liberal use of swear words - it was also notorious for it's depiction of a love affair between an upper-class woman and a working-class man.

It is the story of Constance Reid (Lady Chatterley), her husband Sir Clifford Chatterley, and her lover, the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors. Married to Sir Clifford, Constance finds herself feeling trapped. Her husband is paralysed from the waist down, and his limitations lead him to emotionally neglect his wife. Luckily for her the young gamekeeper of the estate, Mellors, is there to help release this frustration.

During the obscenity trial, the prosecution were ridiculed for being out of touch. At the start of what was to become the swinging sixties, the chief prosecutor asked the jury to decide if Lady Chatterley’s Lover was the kind of book 'you would wish your wife or servants to read'.

 

About the Author

 David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Lawrence's writing explores issues such as sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. His novels include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Wikipedia

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Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) by John Cleland (Online Book)

 

 

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 

 

by John Cleland

(Online Book)

 

 Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) was the first widely-read English novel in the genre "Erotica." It was written by John Cleland as he was serving hard time at a debtor's prison in London. Over the centuries, the novel has been repeatedly banned by authorities, assuring its preeminent role in the history of the ongoing struggle against censorship of free expression.

Until Fanny Hill, previous heroines had conducted their amorous liaisons "off-stage." Any erotic misadventures were described euphemistically. As women who had gone astray, they always repented, which made even their most outrageous dalliances somehow suitable for a moralistic readership. The protagonist of Fanny Hill, however, never repented a single moment of her sexual exploits ... quite the contrary! And with Fanny, the devil is in the details, realistically described. (Summary by Denny Mike)

 

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 Also see:

• Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure  by John Cleland (Audio Book)
  

 

About the Author 

John Cleland (c. 1709, baptised – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent" Wikipedia

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland (Audio Book)

 

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 

 

by John Cleland

(Audio Book)

 

 Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) was the first widely-read English novel in the genre "Erotica." It was written by John Cleland as he was serving hard time at a debtor's prison in London. Over the centuries, the novel has been repeatedly banned by authorities, assuring its preeminent role in the history of the ongoing struggle against censorship of free expression.

Until Fanny Hill, previous heroines had conducted their amorous liaisons "off-stage." Any erotic misadventures were described euphemistically. As women who had gone astray, they always repented, which made even their most outrageous dalliances somehow suitable for a moralistic readership. The protagonist of Fanny Hill, however, never repented a single moment of her sexual exploits ... quite the contrary! And with Fanny, the devil is in the details, realistically described. (Summary by Denny Mike)

Buy John Cleland Books at Amazon

 

Also see:

• Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure  by John Cleland (Online Book)
   
   

 About the Author 

John Cleland (c. 1709, baptised – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent" Wikipedia