{"product_id":"lady-chatterleys-lover-d-h-lawrence","title":"Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnie's unhappy marriage to Clifford Chatterley is one scarred by mutual frustration and alienation. Crippled from wartime action, Clifford is confined to a wheelchair, while Connie's solitary, sterile existence is contained within the narrow parameters of the Chatterley ancestral home, Wragby. She seizes her chance at happiness and freedom when she embarks on a passionate affair with the estate's gamekeeper, Mellors, discovering a world of sexual opportunity and pleasure she'd thought lost to her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The explosive passion of Connie and Mellors' relationship - and the searing candour with which it is described - marked a watershed in twentieth-century fiction, garnering \u003ci\u003eLady Chatterley's Lover\u003c\/i\u003e a wide and enduring readership and lasting notoriety. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The text is taken from the privately published \u003ci\u003eAuthor's Unabridged Popular Edition\u003c\/i\u003e of 1930, the last to be supervised in D. H. Lawrence's lifetime. It also includes his witty essay\u003ci\u003e, My Skirmish with Jolly Roger\u003c\/i\u003e, describing the pirating of this infamous novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of \u003ci\u003eLady Chatterley's Lover \u003c\/i\u003efeatures an afterword by editor and publisher, Anna South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDavid Herbert Lawrence was born on 11th September 1881 in Eastwood, a small mining village in Nottinghamshire, in the English Midlands. Despite ill health as a child and a comparatively disadvantageous position in society, he became a teacher in 1908, and took up a post in a school in Croydon, south of London. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe White Peacock\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1911, and from then until his death he wrote feverishly, producing poetry, novels, essays, plays travel books and short stories, while travelling around the world, settling for periods in Italy, New Mexico and Mexico. He married Frieda Weekley in 1914 and died of tuberculosis in 1930.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 432 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807931113821,"sku":"K068169397","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6816939700001A.jpg?v=1788494400","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/lady-chatterleys-lover-d-h-lawrence","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}