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.