Lady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence about Constance Chatterley, married to a paralyzed aristocrat after World War I, who begins an affair with a gamekeeper. It explores love, class, and the aftermath of war, and is worth listening to for its candid portrayal of human relationships.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover By D. H. LAWRENCE NELSON DOUBLEDAY, Inc. Garden City, New York The text is the third manuscript version, published in Florence in 1928 by Orioli Distributed in Canada by permission of Laurence Pollinger Limited Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER I
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or
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