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Lady Chatterley's Lover

By: D. H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Samantha Bond
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The story of Lady Chatterley and her love for her husband's gamekeeper outraged the sensibilities of Edwardian England. Lawrence had already been dismissed as a purveyor of the obscene for the attitudes to sex that he had shown in The Rainbow, which had been fiercely suppressed on its publication in 1915. Chatterley, written in several versions around 1928 in Italy in the final part of Lawrence's life, was a deliberate choice on the author's part to address sex head on, describe the act and its pleasures in detail and put forward his belief that mankind had lost touch with its pagan and natural roots, its link to the earth and therefore its strength.

Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned from publication in Britain until 1960, when the radical new publishing house Penguin Books brought out a paperback edition and was immediately taken to court for obscenity. The trial that followed became one of the marking posts for the '60s' 'revolution', with arguments for the beauty of Lawrence's descriptions of love and sex finally conquering the prudish sensibilities that Lawrence so despised and leading to a landmark legal ruling in Penguin's favour. For all the campaigning and crusading that has accompanied Lady Chatterley's Lover, it remains in essence a beautiful description of a true and lasting passion.

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Samantha makes Lady Chatterley come alive

If you could sum up Lady Chatterley's Lover in three words, what would they be?

Classic Erotica doubled in intensity by Samatha Bonds seductive voice. Listen with someone you love.

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Lady Chatterley's Lover

The text definitely has its limitations, even misogynistic in many places. But excellently presented by Samantha Bond. And the writing skills of D H Lawrence make up for any shortcomings in the concepts presented. Overall, enjoyed it very much.

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Samantha Bond’s narration is captivating

This is not the best novel, but the narration is out of this world. I could listen to Samantha Bond read the phone book.

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One of my favorite Classics

Honestly, I had no idea this book was going to be what it was. It's a shame that such an incredible literary offering was demonized and persecuted the way that this book was. I do hope you'll give it a chance and that you'll love it as much as I did. Thank you Mr. Lawrence.

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Lady Chatterly’s lover

Great writing on love but more so on the vast difference between the 2 classes of the population

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Very risqué, and so well written!

I feel somewhat changed, and, for lack of a better word, released having experienced this book.

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Great novel

This great philosophical and sexually explicit novel is wonderfully conveyed by Samantha Bond. She draws us into the book.

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Epic love story

I love this story. It is so common for people to be in a marriage that is no longer as it first was. Rather than being trapped in an unfulfilling marriage, Lady Chatterly risks everything for true love. In a time when women were to be seen and not heard, she really was a rebel in the way she stood up for herself and decided to take her chances than rely on a man for financial security.

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Wonderful!

Nothing disappointing about this book or performance- truly a Five Star selection! I highly recommend this one!

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Fantastic narration, so so story

I guess I was expecting more given that the book is supposed to be so controversial and initially banned 🤷🏼‍♀️ Narration was amazing though.

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