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Lady Chatterley's Lover
by Lawrence, D. H
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140014845
- ISBN 13
- 9780140014846
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Penguin Books, 1973. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Mass-market paperback, color-illustrated wrappers with silver phoenix and flames on front wrapper, 317 pages. Light creases on spine, very tiny surface nick at spine bottom right edge. Near Fine.
Synopsis
D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover holds the distinguished title of being one the most banned books in history. Infamous for its explicit descriptions of sex and other vulgarities, it was only published openly in the United Kingdom in 1960. The book focused on the illicit affair between an upper-class woman and her lower-class gamekeeper, and it was received with outrage and intrigue, resulting in numerous abridged versions being published throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Because the first edition was so quickly banned from public consumption, there are many abridged and censored versions available, though few are as valuable as the original. The first printings were bound with brown boards with an insignia of a phoenix gracing its front cover. The phoenix has remained a potent symbol for the book, in large part because of the book's victory in the infamous British Obscenity Trial in 1960. D.H. Lawrence was a well-known English author who wrote many novels, short stories, and books of poetry. Not just an author, Lawrence was also a well-respected literary critic who wrote several essays regarding other famous writers, including Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14243
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- Lawrence, D. H
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140014845
- ISBN 13
- 9780140014846
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- ENGLAND FICTION MAN WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS BRITISH IRISH FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR LITERARY
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Fine
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