Lady Chatterley's Lover, written by DH. Lawrence was first published in 1928. The novel follows the story's protagonist, Lady Constance Chatterley. The story tells of how this woman, trapped in a loveless and almost sterile marriage, finds emotional and physical love with the gamekeeper of her husband's estate. As a story about relationships between men and women, I find this book a very enjoyable read, but given that Lawrence also uses it as a way to show his readers the evils of machines and capitalism, I sometimes find it lacking. two main themes in this book; first, the relationship between men, women and how they find love; secondly, industry against nature. Both can be discussed to show how they are used to appropriately establish the theme of the report but not the secondary theme of industry versus nature. The main theme in Lady Chatterley's Lover is that of the relationship between men and women. Lawrence shows readers how it is necessary to have emotional and physical love, together, to have complete love. Through the example of Connie and Clifford's marriage, Lawrence shows the reader that although there is emotional love between the two, neither is satisfied. Their relationship can be best summed up by a quote directly from this book: “Time passed. Whatever happened, nothing happened." (19) Neither Connie nor Clifford have much love for each other, they just seem like friends who live together. The idea of strictly physical love is shown briefly through Mellors and his marriage to his first wife. Although the two had a stable marriage based on physical love, the marriage eventually deteriorated to the point where they lived separately. Bertha re...... in the center of the card ......between sex and love. Restrict and censor books so that some keep others ignorant. Works Cited1. Bloom, Harold (ed.), Twentieth-Century British Literature, Volume 3. Chelsea House: New York, 1986.2. Bryfonski, Dedria and Hall, Sharon K. (ed.), Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Volume 2. Gale Research Company: Michigan, 19793. Lawrence, D. H. Lady Chatterley's Lover. 1928. New York: Grover's Press, 1959.4. Neruda, Pablo, “Luminous Solitude”, Memoirs. 1976. Included in British Literature of the Twentieth Century, Volume 3.5. Nona, Anais. “Lady Chatterley's Lover” DH Lawrence: a non-professional study. (1932) 1940. Included in British Literature of the Twentieth Century, Vol. 3.6. Porter, Katherine Ann. “A wreath for the gamekeeper.” Encounter. 1960. Included in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Vol. 2.
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