NY: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Modern LIbrary Edition; 246897531 pt line. Hardcover. 7.3 X 4.7 X 1.5 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S16.50) DUST JACKET..clean, solid, bright; black titles on gold & black dust jacket, showing photo of author as a young man.. GOLD SPINE titles on GREY CLOTH covers....the great novel that shocked the world.; 560 pages; "He can enter the very soul of another man or woman,animal, flower or tree, place or landscape, and interpret them with avividness...." Filled with scenes of intimate beauty, explores the emotions of a lonely woman trapped in a sterile marriage and her growing love for the robust gamekeeper of her husband's estate. .

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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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Bookseller: Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 134073
Title: LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER (MODERN LIBRARY)
Author: Lawrence, D. H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Modern LIbrary Edition; 246897531 pt line
ISBN 10: 0679600655
ISBN 13: 9780679600657
Publisher: Modern Library
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: Erotica, FICTION, ROMANCE, Censorship, Law Legal

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