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Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Written by: D. H. Lawrence
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In the years following World War I, Connie Chatterley finds that she is unhappy in her marriage. She begins a cross-class relationship with her gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. Content warning: This book contains explicit language. (Summary by Scarbo)Copyright Early Modern Genre Art Social Sciences World
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