D.H. Lawrence wrote the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover in 1920. Because of the controversy surrounding its publication, the book underwent several printings and was finally privately published in Florence in 1928. It was Lawrence's final novel. It tells the story of Clifford and Connie Chatterley and their sterile marriage, which ultimately leads her to have an affair with their gamekeeper, Mellors.
The story takes place after the First World War and is set in England, in the heart of the industrialized Midlands. Sir Clifford Chatterley has returned to England paralyzed from the war. He and his wife, Lady Constance, move to their home at Wragby Hall to begin their married life together. Connie finds Wragby cold and dank. She feels that the staff is archaic with their clockwork schedules and formal, unchanging attitudes. She is equally uncomfortable.....
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