Lady Chatterley's Lover
 | EasyRead Comfort EditionReadHowYouWant, 2007, Paperback Customer Rating: 84 reviews Recommend |
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A novel that discusses strong emotions such as love and passion and evaluates values such as honour and respect. The author has drawn characters and delved into their psychology. The evolving relationships, the extra-marital affairs, yearnings and longings that shape characters are explained in lyrical and mild language. It compares different social classes and deep currents of feelings. This EasyRead Comfort Edition has been optimized for readers who do not need large type yet prefer a print that does not strain their eyes.
Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter — the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters.
Title: Lady Chatterley's Lover (EasyRead Comfort Edition)
Sales Rank: 532856 in Books
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2007-12-20, Paperback, 624 pages, ISBN: 1427025266
Package Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.55 inches, 2.26 pounds
- Mixed feelings on this one...
- On the whole, I would say that this book is considered a classic mostly because of its legendary troubles with the censors. Don't get me wrong - it was an alright book, interesting enough to hold my attention for the most part. However, I don't think that I'll be recommending it any time soon.
First off, I agree with the other commenters about Lawrence's… More reviews
- Didn't make it pass the 16th page
- I wasted my money and time on this book. It was a painful read. It was boring, dry and not very entertaining. How in the world did this book get turned into a movie. I hope the movie is a lot better than the book. I will find out. More reviews
- This Book Ain't Bad for a Love Story
- I picked up Lady Chatterley's Lover (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) from Amazon for $6.95. In the absence of an available Everyman's Cloth Edition, the B&N is likely the way to go. In terms of supplemental material it is quite comparable to this: (Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)). These materials are:
1. Brief Author bioptic
2. Chronology
- Masterpiece has Social Injustice Underplay Sexual Theme [48]
- D.H. Lawrence daringly wrote about sexual mores in this novel, to an extent that his socioeconomic theme may have been lost by many of the readers.
Constance Chatterly - affectionately depicted as Connie or Lady Chatterly - is the highlight and nightmare to her husband, Lord Chatterly. After a whirlwind marriage and honeymoon, the lord returns to Word War I's catastrophe and… More reviews
- Why a comic-book cover?
- The use of comic strips lamely summarizing scenes from D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" came as an unwelcome surprise. The edition itself is excellent, with a fine introduction, authoritative text, maps, notes, and bibliography. But the cover (and a gratuitous list of women the author is alleged to have shagged) is more than disgraceful. What conceivable purpose does this serve?… More reviews
