LadyChatterley\'sLoverisanovelbyD.H.Lawrence,firstpublishedin1928.ThefirsteditionwasprintedinFlorence,Italy;itcouldnotbepublishedopenlyintheUnitedKingdomuntil1960.(AprivateeditionwasissuedbyInkyStephensen\'sMandrakePressin1929.)[1]Thebooksoonbecamenotoriousforitsstoryofthephysicalrelationshipbetweenaworking-classmanandanaristocraticwoman,itsexplicitdescriptionsofsex,anditsuseof(atthetime)unprintablewords.ThestoryissaidtohaveoriginatedfromeventsinLawrence\'sownunhappydomesticlife,andhetookinspirationforthesettingsofthebookfromEastwood,Nottinghamshire,wherehegrewup.Accordingtosomecritics,theflingofLadyOttolineMorrellwith\"Tiger\",ayoungstonemasonwhocametocarveplinthsforhergardenstatues,alsoinfluencedthestory.[2]LawrenceatonetimeconsideredcallingthenovelTendernessandmadesignificantalterationstothetextandstoryintheprocessofitscomposition.Ithasbeenpublishedinthreedifferentversions.Thestoryconcernsayoungmarriedwoman,Constance(LadyChatterley),whoseupper-classhusband,CliffordChatterley,hasbeenparalyzedandrenderedimpotent.Hersexualfrustrationleadsherintoanaffairwiththegamekeeper,OliverMellors.ThisnovelisaboutConstance\'srealisationthatshecannotlivewiththemindalone;shemustalsobealivephysically.InLadyChatterley\'sLover,Lawrencecomesfullcircletoargueonceagainforindividualregeneration,whichcanbefoundonlythroughtherelationshipbetweenmanandwoman(and,heassertssometimes,manandman).Loveandpersonalrelationshipsarethethreadsthatbindthisnoveltogether.Lawrenceexploresawiderangeofdifferenttypesofrelationships.Thereaderseesthebrutal,bullyingrelationshipbetweenMellorsandhiswifeBertha,whopunisheshimbypreventinghispleasure.ThereisTommyDukes,whohasnorelationshipbecausehecannotfindawomanwhomherespectsintellectuallyand,atthesametime,findsdesirable.Thereisalsotheperverse,maternalrelationshipthatultimatelydevelopsbetweenCliffordandMrs.Bolton,hiscaringnurse,afterConniehasleft.
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