Lady Chatterley's Lover

图书标准信息

• 作者 D.H. Lawrence 著
• 出版社 Oversea Publishing House
• 出版时间 2005-08
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781840224887
• 定价 28.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 304页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Withitsfour-letterwordsanditsexplicitdescriptionsofsexualintercourse,LadyChatterleysLoveristhenovelwithwhichD.H.Lawrenceismostoftenassociated.FirstpublishedprivatelyinFlorencein1928,itonlybecameaworld-widebest-sellerafterPenguinBookshadsuccessfullyresistedanattemptbytheBritishDirectorofPublicProsecutionstopreventthemofferinganunexpurgatededitiontothegeneralpublic.ThefamoustrialofLadyChatterleyheraldedthesexualrevolutionofthecomingdecadesandsignalledthedefeatofEstablishmentprudery.YetLawrencehimselfwashardlyaliberationistandtheconservativismofmanyaspectsofhisnovelwouldlaterlayitopentoattacksfromthepoliticalavant-gardeandfromfeminists.ThestoryofhowthewifeofSirCliffordChatterleyrespondswhenherhusbandreturnsfromthewarparalysedfromthewaistdown,andofthetenderlovewhichthendevelopsbetweenherandherhusbandsgamekeeper,isacomplexoneopentoavarietyofconflictinginterpretations.Thiseditionofthenoveloffersanoccasionforanewgenerationofreaderstodiscoverwhatallthefusswasabout;toappraiseLawrencesbitterindictmentofmodernindustrialsociety,andtoaskthemselveswhatlessonstheremightbeforthe21stcenturyinhisintenseexplorationofthecomplicatedrelationsbetweenloveandsex.

【作者简介】

D.H.Lawrencehadunconventionalopinions,especiallyaboutsexuality,andatthetimeofhisdeathhewasthoughtofmainlyasapornographerwhohadwastedhisconsiderabletalents.ButE.M.Forster,inanobituarynotice,describedhimas""thegreatestimaginativenovelistofourgeneration.""Latercriticsconcurred,andLawrenceisnowrememberedasanimportantmodernistintellectual.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.