Lady Chatterley's Lover (Bantam Classics)

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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.

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Lyric and sensual, D.H. Lawrence's last novel is one of the major works of fiction of the twentieth century. Filled with scenes of intimate beauty, explores the emotions of a lonely woman trapped in a sterile marriage and her growing love for the robust gamekeeper of her husband's estate. The most controversial of Lawrence's books, Lady Chatterly's Lover joyously affirms the author's vision of individual regeneration through sexual love. The book's power, complexity, and psychological intricacy make this a completely original work—a triumph of passion, an erotic celebration of life.

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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 scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

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remote contact.......2007-08-28

It's been a while since I've read anything this flowery, and yet, it was a pleasant deviation. This book wasn't shocking for its sexual contact, but it was a pleasant surprise. I wasn't expecting such a robust sprinkling of f*ck and c*nt, but there it was, interspersed with social class distinction and haughtiness turned into naughtiness. It has the allure and staying power of liberal sex scenes, but also is the lovely picture of a love affair that transcends social mores.

Wonderfully descriptive.......2007-05-14

A wonderful read, that explores human relationships. It is wonderfully descriptive and a pleasure to read. Highly recommend.

Read Anna Karenina by Tolstoy instead........2007-03-22

I love the classics- I make sure to throw a few into my "to be read" pile just to cleanse the palette from my general fiction and genre reading. I've been wanting to read LCL for some time now, mostly because of it being censored and banned back in the day for it's explicit sex and language. In fact it was considered pornographic and, for a time, was not allowed to be mailed out into the US due to obscenity laws.

Because I do read romance and yes, even erotica, at times I have to defend my reading choices because it's considered illicit, so naturally I wanted to read LCL.

Ugh. I hated it.

Slow paced and tedious I wanted to give up on it so many times. But I'm stubborn so I couldn't let myself give up on it.

Whereas I'm sure this book was a shocker in the late 20's when it was published, to my modern eyes, it was no biggie. Yes it was graphic, but in no way could one consider this pornographic! Porn, to me, is something that is produced (visual or written) to enflame sexually. This book was far from stimulating in that way.

The first section bored me to tears, full of mind-numbing conversations that had no significance other than for the author to show how intellectual he was. I could barely read a page without my eyes drooping closed. Yes, I got that their conversations had a point- "The dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation." Yeah, I got it. But to stretch it out for the length of the entire book? Ugh.

When Lady Chatterley met Mellors, her soon to be lover- things got more interesting- for about 10 pages. Then back to the tedium. It back and forthed like that for the entire book. UGH!

I truly liked her lover Mellors. A vetern of the war and of the lower class, he seemed the most intelligent of the characters. Which was, of course, the most shocking part of the story back in the day- the fact that a member of the upper class, Lady Chatterley, cheated on her upper crust husband with a servant.

Connie (Lady Chatterley) I found wishy-washy, whiney, and downright annoying. NOT a heroine to love. BUT she knew how to find her sexual pleasure and wasn't ashamed of it. (Plus for her!) Clifford, her husband- Lord Chatterley to her Lady- I actually felt pity for, though the author did his best to make him seem unworthy of Connie.

Here's a short look at Lord and Lady Chatterley:

Cliffy, wounded and crippled during the war, was unable to perform his husbandly duties. Connie grew to loathe him and headed out for greener pastures. Now, I'll give that Cliffy was a snob and a control freak, but pitiful to be sure, and in the end didn't deserve Connie's selfishness.

(...)
... however, I am glad I read LCL. If only to say I have done so!

It's all about the industrial takeover.......2007-01-10

Although this book has a saucy reputation, it's not all about sex. It is a rather dreary look at early 20th century England. Worthy of your time, and the brassy language could still make a school girl blush.

The Antidote to Platonic Love.......2006-11-07

Constance Chatterley's gamekeeper, Mellors, brings out the animal in Her Ladyship, and he extends the protection to her that he does to all the wild game in the wood. It is Mellors himself who, in the end, understands that his own baronet, Sir Clifford, is the greatest threat to his most vulnerable charge. Constance's own father, Sir Malcolm, fails utterly to appreciate the situation when he refers to Mellors as the quintessential poacher himself. Sir Malcolm's mistake is that he, along with all of polite society, fails to recognize that humans are, in fact, animals, and that the thrill of conjugal intimacy unites us with all other fauna. We strayed from this notion long ago, with Plato extolling virtuous love, and referring to passions and desires as evil (Book IX of the Phaedrus).

Sir Clifford, who is impotent as a result of war injuries, suggests to his wife that she have a discrete affair in order to produce an heir to the estate. "I don't care who his father may be as long as he is a healthy man not below normal intelligence." His admonition that Connie be careful not to fall in love in the process foreshadows his tragedy. When we see the gamekeeper, Mellors, placing pheasant eggs into the nests of chickens, in order that they may be reared by surrogate hens, we know, before any of the protagonists themselves, just who Lady Chatterley's surrogate husband will be. Ultimately Connie discovers that Mellors has that rarest of qualities in a man; he enjoys making love only when his partner enjoys it, too. These feelings are a sharp contrast with her experience as well as his, and they are both immediately ensnared in a tense carnal conspiracy.

In the process, we are treated to D. H. Lawrence's craft:

"Both sisters mixed with...the young Cambridge group, the group that stood for 'freedom' and flannel trousers, and soft shirts open at the neck, and a well-bred sort of emotional anarchy..., and an ultra-sensitive sort of manner."

Tevershall village had "rows of wretched, small begrimed brick houses with black slate roofs for lids, sharp angles, and willful blank dreariness."

One attraction of her first lover, Michalis, is that he had his own ideas and stated them clearly; "he didn't merely walk round them with millions of words, in the parade of the life of the mind."

Sir Clifford "seemed alert in the foreground, but the background was like the Midlands atmosphere, haze, smoky mist."

Before her affair with Mellors, Connie saw sex as "just a cocktail term for an excitement that bucked you up for a while, then left you more raggy than ever."

Connie realizes of Clifford that, "like many insane people, his insanity might be measured by the things he was not aware of: the great desert tracts in his consciousness."

"She saw her own nakedness in his eyes..."

This book will not titillate the reader of 2006 as it did the reader of 1928. The reaction against it then exposed both widespread hypocrisy and a scientifically illiterate, pre-Kinsey society which extolled Platonic values, and in the process denied the incomparable delight of primitive intimacy.

The First and Second Lady Chatterley Novels (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence)

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The First and Second Lady Chatterley Novels (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence)
D. H. Lawrence
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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D. H. Lawrence wrote his last novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, three times, and it is the third version that has become famous. The three versions are in fact three different novels, varying in length, significant episodes, and even some of the main characters. This is the first critical edition of the two early versions of the novel. The text is printed from manuscript source, including numerous deletions and variations from early printed editions. An introduction traces the genesis, publication and reception of the novel, and there are detailed explanatory notes.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover

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Fascinating copy of a classic. "Includes every word contained in copy No 42 of the signed limited edition of 1,000 copies privately printed by the author in Italy in 1928." Also contains an Appendix about the lawsuit against the USPS for failure to carry advertising about the book or the book itself via the USPS. "United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Grove Press Inc and Readers against Robert K. Christenberry, indvidually and as Postmaster of the City of New York. Civil 147-87 Opinion".

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Great Novels of D H Lawrence: The Rainbow/Lady Chatterley's Lover

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D H Lawrence
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John Thomas and Lady Jane: The Second Version of Lady Chatterley's Lover (Twentieth Century Classics)

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A wonderful novel
This brilliant ýversioný is a novel in its own right.

John Thomas and Lady Jane: The Second Version of Lady Chatterley's Lover (Twentieth Century Classics)
D. H. Lawrence
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A wonderful novel.......2002-06-18

This is a book you can lose yourself in, never mind any "notorious" tag due to its being one of the three versions of Lady Chatterley's Lover. This "second draft" is actually much better than the final version. I didn't find it mawkish at all. It's about tenderness so maybe that's why the other reviewer thought it "mawkish". Don't look for sensationalism here, this novel is about how two people from different worlds fall in love. It's really superb.

This brilliant ýversioný is a novel in its own right........1999-06-29

One of the most fascinating things about picking up a book is being able to immerse oneself in the author's world. If the book is a success, one inevitably wonders where such genius comes from, how it develops. Part of the pleasure of reading John Thomas and Lady Jane is, therefore, the way it allows us to glimpse the writer's creative process in the second of three distinct stages in the formation of the idea of Lady Chatterley's Lover. It also allows us to see how D.H. Lawrence develops the various themes he returns to again and again in his works: overcoming class barriers, discovering sensuality and passion--in the true, deep senses of the words--and struggling against the brutally mechanical, cold world of modern day life. Yet the attractions of this novel are not limited to the rather academic analyses of how he gets from the rough first version to the final version of his notorious novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover. Though the plot is roughly developed in some places, almost mawkishly sentimental in others, John Thomas and Lady Jane is truly a pleasure to read for those seeking reaffirmation of the fact that tenderness and compassion still exist in this world, and that regardless of where, when and whom, it is always possible for us to find a way of living that truly expresses and embodies who we really are.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover (1959)
D.H. Lawrence
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (Modern Library)

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Lady Chatterley's Lover: According to Spike Milligan

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"Yet more of that terrible vernacular."
a great parody of a classic
At least it's better than the original
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Lady Chatterley's Lover: According to Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan
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"Yet more of that terrible vernacular.".......2003-10-12

I came to "Lady Chatterley's Lover" relatively late in life (my late 20s). It is one of those books you hear so much about. Perhaps the letdown is inevitable. While "Women in Love" is one of my all-time favourite books, "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was, quite honestly, a bit of a joke. If it hadn't had all those dirty bits in it, I don't think anyone would have ever paid it any attention. That said--I do have to add that "Lady Chatterley's Lover" is a book that simply begs for parody, and British comedian, Spike Milligan did just that.

While I have no love whatsoever for the original, Milligan's parody is problematic. It is funny--especially if you read the original--but it takes a certain amount of familiarity with the original to get the joke. After a while, Milligan's book simply gets a bit tedious, and the joke gets old. The funniest bits are, naturally, the sex scenes. If you really loathe DH Lawrence's naughty book, then you may get a kick out of Milligan's parody--displacedhuman

a great parody of a classic.......2003-01-07

I agree with the first reviewer--the original is funny in its own right, and Spike knows just how to use Lawrence's own phrases to skewer him. A lot of fun if you've read the original.

At least it's better than the original.......2002-03-18

This book is Spike rewriting Lady Chatterly. The original is quite a turgid mess, and Spike improves it immensly by asking the questions most of us thought when we read the original.

He also improves it quite a bit by adding a lot of humor.

It's worth a read if you like Spike's humor (but I would recommend most of his other books - especially the war memoirs - if you want a worthwhile read). Something to take the taste of DH away is the best way to describe this.

Great Titillating Book.......2000-04-08

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A master thief becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman--then carves her initials into his victims.

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"Lucas Davenport tracks a murderous master thief. "

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Many threads tied together in "Night Prey" lead to satisfying read.......2007-10-07

In "Night Prey," Lucas Davenport is back with the police department - a new police chief is on board and has made Lucas assistance chief. When a body is found thrown in a dumpster, the chief asks Davenport to go take a look and assist in the investigation with Meagan Connell, a BCA cop who is obsessed with the idea that this victim is only the latest victim of a serial killer who has been murdering for years. The only difference with the latest victim (and the ones to follow) is that she has the initials SJ cut into her body. Other than that, she is like all the others - a person who is shy, doesn't have a lot of friends, and not likely to be missed immediately.

As Davenport and Connell close in on the killer, they discover an association with Sara Jensen, a woman who was burgled shortly before the murder of the woman found in the dumpster and who has since felt a though someone has been coming into her apartment when she is away. Is Sara going to be the next victim?

Fast moving and interesting, "Night Prey" creates a truly creepy villain with Koop. Fans of the "Prey" series, police procedurals and/or thrillers will enjoy "Night Prey."

Enjoyable, but Familiar.......2007-05-31

NIGHT PREY is the sixth book in the "Lucas Davenport" series by John Sandford. The book is entertaining, but is not the best entry in the series.

The plot of NIGHT PREY isn't much different from prior Davenport books. A serial killer (named "Koop") is on the loose, and the reader knows his identity from the beginning. Lucas is on the hunt for him, this time accompanied by a female investigator that's dying of cancer. As always, Lucas has to race against time before the killer strikes again.

If you've read other books in this series, you probably won't be disappointed in NIGHT PREY. You get the same tight plotting, witty dialogue, and smooth writing that Sandford is famous for. This is all good fun, but I felt the plotline was mostly a rehash of scenes from the prior books. If you're looking for something original, you won't get it here. Sandford pretty much sticks to his tried and true formula, for better or for worse.

If you've never read a Prey book before, my advice is to start with the very first one, RULES OF PREY, and then move on to EYES OF PREY and WINTER PREY. Those are probably the best three entries in the series.

Erotic overbites aside, this series just keeps getting better.......2007-03-25

I'm working my way through John Sandford's Lucas Davenport series, strictly in the order they were published. This is book number 6 and I have to say Sandford is definitely getting better and better.

Following 'Winter Prey', the porsche driving, game writing, definitely hard-boiled Davenport continues to evolve as a believable and somtimes not too likeable character. His romantic interest, Weather Karkinnen, has becomes a fixture in Davenport's home. Weather played a major role in the last book, actually saving Davenport's life when a gunshot wound to the throat stopped his breathing. Prior to Weather, Davenport has produced a daughter from a previous relationship with a journo, Jennifer. The reader is left to wonder how Weather came to move to the city, given Sandford had oulined the duty she felt to the small town that had paid her college tuition (in Winter Prey). Weather has now been installed as a surgeon in the big city, we just have to wonder about her lifespan and safety as Davenport's lover.

Aside from that, there is also an undercurrent of erotic tension between Davenport and a female reporter in this book. Maybe it's cos I'm a woman, but this aspect of Davenport's nature really irritates me! You want the man to be faithful and here he is spieling about how women with overbites are deliberately hired as news anchors because this facial anomaly reminds men of oral sex! Interesting fact? It got me thinking, which I like in a crime book, but you have to wonder what's going on in Sandford's mind! I guess this is a realistic insight into the secret lives of men as channelled by Lucas Davenport. Us girls can like it or lump it.

In 'Night Prey' we have Davenport unwillingly teamed up with a State investigator who has terminal cancer. Connell is obsessed with this case, tracking down a serial rapist and murderer, before she succumbs to her illness. Sandford gives us a dual narrative, interspersing Davenport and his teams' point of view with that of their quarry "Koop". Stanford has really nailed the creep factor with this guy. He is smart, strong, perverted and frightening. The initial scene has him in the bedroom of the woman he is to become obsessed with, during a cat burglary. Something about Sara Jenson triggers Koop to escalate his deviant behavior and to begin literally killing in her name (or initials). He creeps her apartment, stalks and watches her. Stanford has created a nightmare perp in "Night Prey"; Koop is also incredibly savvy about important things like evidence and is determined not to make any errors that will lead Davenport and his team in his direction. This of course makes for great reading and a lot of frustration for Davenport, Connell and the cops that have featured before in the series, Del and Sloan.

Stanford has created great characters that move with the times. Lucas' extremely profitable game writing hobby is morphing more towards creating simulations for law enforcement officers. This book was written in 1994, so its interesting to keep track of how Davenport's side-interest in computers remains contemporary. How long will he be using WordPerfect I wonder?

So, erotic overbites aside, Sandford also introduces subjects like cat burglary (and why there is apparently always a sexual aspect to this form of robbery), a little bit about the culture of deaf people and the daily life of a surgeon (via Weather), all interesting stuff that complements the action and makes reading these books seem just that bit more educative.

Sandford has another Davenport book coming out soon (2007). In the meantime, this reader must resist temptation until the entire series to date has been read. The Davenport series is on my permanent pre-order list now, along with, for example, Connelly's Bosch and James Lee Burke's Robicheaux. If you want well-written, complexly plotted yet tenable hard boiled fare, then put Davenport on the menu, the books are hard to put down and haven't disappointed yet.

Prey for more.......2006-03-30

Sandford is our generation's master of the crime novel. Read one of the Prey novels, you'll want to read them all. Lucas Davenport is a beautifully flawed good guy with a streak of badness about him. Sandford weaves his stories flawlessly and hauls you along like a fish on a line until the very last page.
-- Mark LaFlamme, author of "The Pink Room."

Night Prey.......2006-03-15

So far I have loved every book in the series.

I haven't really decided about the hero, Lucas Davenport. Sometimes he's just not likeable. Sandford has a real gift for creating people we want to get to know. His new detective, Meagan Connell, is totally driven. The play between her and Lucas works well. From the very beginnig of this series the others that work around Lucas have helped us understand how our hero does not stand alone. He needs them to make him whole. However, once again Sanford has created a real heartless killer. He certainly seems devoid of anything like human feelings. An animal in people's clothing. After reading this book you will be watching things around you a whole lot closer.

Once again the crime grabs you, the characters draw you in and the climax hits you.

One of the things I like about Sandford's writing is that he does do a little wrap up at the end. I just hate it when a book just ends.

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Hermann Prey , and Robert D. Abraham
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John Sanffor
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A Psychic Thriller!
Another great thriller from the pen of Carol Davis Luce.

Night Prey
Carol Davis Luce
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A Psychic Thriller!.......2002-05-08

As a kid, Roberta Paxton had premonitions and was able to see horrible events first hand when her brother drowned. In the beautiful Nevada high country of Sparks, she works at a home for abused women and starts having those disturbing visions again. She is seeing a killer in real time that seems to be getting much closer to home than she can understand at first. A psychiatrist comes to her aid and there is romance mixed with high country adventure and a surprise twist as the killer gets closer to her and her family.

This story is a real thriller with romance, adventure, and psychic phenomena all mixed together in a blend that works very well. I really enjoyed this story, one that I highly recommend as a great example of Carol's work. She is an author that you should not miss!

Another great thriller from the pen of Carol Davis Luce........2000-12-11

NIGHT PREY is a terrific blend of mystery, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and romance. This is a book that women and men can enjoy.

Be sure to read Ms. Luce's other fine novels, NIGHT STALKER, NIGHT PASSAGE, and NIGHT GAMES, and SKIN DEEP.

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