Lady Chatterley's Lover

385 Pages·1959·4.84 MB·English

by  D. H. Lawrence

On LadyC hatterLloevye'rs:
JACQUEBSA RZUN:" Ih avneoh esitianst aiyo­n
intgh aIt d on otc onsiLdaewrr enncoev'esl
pornograIpthasii cmi. st haotf hailwslo r:k s
artismtoircal,a, n di ndeiends pitoryae pda s­
siotno r efoorumr c ulture in hew ays that
thouwgohutl d pgrroedauhtcaeermr o nhya,p pi­
ness,d eacnednT coay c.c omptlhipisushr pose,
Lawrenmcaed ues oef w ordrse lattois negxu al
lovaen do fi ncidents depiicnta i ng it-all this
manneders igned to enhceco ounr­age what
ceivteobd e h ealmtehnyt aatlt ittuodweasr ds
thagtr efaatc otfl ife. thSeipsnarteci ec ular
litedreavriyac reeus n commtohne,ay r en o
dousbhto cktiomn agn rye adbeurttsh ,ad to es
nomta kteh eiinrt enotrti hoenei ffre rcetp re­
hensible."
HARVEY BREIT":. • • thel anguaangdet he
incidoersn ctesni enqs u estairdoeen e pmloyv ­
inagn dv erbye aut.i fu.Tl h.e.a imosf t he
novaerlle o fatnyds piri.t ub.ale c.a Luaswe­
renwcaes c oncernweidto hn ee ndt:or eveal
howl ovheo,w a relatiboentswheaie pn m an
anadw' o macna,bn e m ost toauncbdhe ianugt i­
fublu,ot n liyfi itsu nhiinbiatnetddo tal."

LADY
CHATTERLEY'S
LOVER
BY D. H. LAWRENCE
Witha n IntroductbiyoM na rk Schorer
GROVEP RESSI NC.e NEW YORK
IntrodubycM tairkoS nc horer,
Copyri©g h1t95b7yG rovPer esIsn,c .
LettferroA mr chiMbaaclLde ish,
Copyrigh1t©9 5b9yG rovPer esIsn,c .
Thiesd itiiostn h et hird manuvsecrrsiipotn ,
firsptu blisbhyeG di usepOprei olFil,o ren1ce9,2 8.
MANUFACTUREIDNT HEU NITESDT ATEOSF A MERICA
ConwaMyas,s acuhsetts
Janua15r,1y 9 59
DEAR MR.R ossET:
Youh avaes kemdy opm10onft hefr equently repeated
chartgheaL ta wrenLcaed'Cysh atteLrloevyei'rsos b scene
ands hounlodtb ep ublisThhee cdo.p oyf t heb ooky ou
havsee nmte m akeiste astyor epbleyc autsheep rinted
texhtas beeenx purgaantdte hdee x purgmaatteedrih aals
beesnu ppliinie ndt erleaved patgyepTswh.rer i etstuelnt
is thatth ec asaeg aitnhsebt o oka,so nec enssoarwi t,
iss pelloeudti nt hem osetx plwicaiyIt.t i sn ota nim ­
pressciavse\e V.h ahta sb eeenx cludase odn,ec ans ee
simplbyy t humbitnhgr outhgeh p ages,a nypi ass gsea
whiccho ntaoinneos ft hoel df,a milfioaurr,- lAentgtleor­
Saxowno rdwsh icwhe a lkln owb utwh icthh he ypocrisy
ofc ensorsphriept ewnedd so n'otr,a ny passage which
descrtihbeec so mmon-pflaaccotefs s exuianlt ercourse,
ora nyp assawghei caht temtpotp se nettrhaemt yes tery
ofh umalno vweh icahs,Y eatusnn aswerapbultiyst h ,as
"raiistemsda nsiionn/ Tphlea ocfee xcremeNnoto .n"e ,
It hink, rceoatudhrl odu gthh icsu tan dm endevdo lume
withcoountc lutdhiatnthg ee x purgbaotoeikdsm ucmho re
nearly otbhsatcnhe beno eo aks wr ittwehni cihsn ootb ­
scenaeta liln a nym eaninsgefnuslTe h.eb ookas ex­
purgaitses du ggesTthievb eo.o aks ·wri tteins f orthright
andu nashaamnedhd o neOsntl.ty h otsoew homw ordcsa n
bei mpupree rs eo,r t hosteow hom" certsauibnj ects"
cannboetm entioinnpe rdi tnhto utghhe y caornes tantly
mentioinnel di foer,t hosteow homt hef undamental
andm ovifnagc otfsh umaenx periaern"ecn ea sctoyu"l d
concloundt eh eev ideonftc hete e xitt stehlaLfta d� Chat­
terlLeoyv'esras , L awrenwcreo tieti ,so bscene.
Fort htee osfto bsceniingt oyol,da awn di ng oosde nse,
isJ udgWeoo lseyt'essi tnt hUel yscsaessde i:r fto dri rt's
sakAen.d t heirsne od irftod ri rsta'ksie nL adCyh atter­
leyL'osv eTrh.e p urpoosfte h beo oiks m anifepsutrley:
purase being hitghpheu rposoefa seriaorutsi psutr;e
as beintgh ec leanpsuirnpgo osfae s ociraelf orwmheor
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hatleesc haenrdsy e xumaolr biadsih tehy a ttehsde e vil
himsLealwfr.e npcuer'pso sei sth hecerl ee anpsuirnpgo se
off reehiunmga nfirtoytm h deo minawthiiocnsh,e emed
to heivmio lft, h aeb stirnatcetla lnedsc tte rwiillbelya
returtnh neta ot uraolft hlbeio fdey tahnsede nsHeiss.
enemiaershe y pocarnidsi yn tellecatnudas lhiasmHm.i s
admiraitsfi oowrnh olenanedsa sw areannedsl si fe. One
mayo rm ayn ota grweiet h Lawersetnicmeoa'ftts he e
saving opfto hwseee rn saensd noaft usreaixln p articular,
orw ithhi jsu dgmoefnt thd ee stropyoiwneogrf" thleei f
oft hmei ndb"u,it ti si mposstioq bulees thioonne stthley
puriotfhy im so tive.
Andt heirste h feu rtfhaecrwt h,i cihsh ighrleyl evant,
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ast hCeo urthsa vhee ltdh,aL ta dCyh atterLloevyei'rss
noot nlay works erioofpu usr pobsueat l sa.ow orokf
high achiWehveetmhieetnr ta .isg s r eaa nto vaesls ome
crittihcosu gwhhte ni tw as first puabrlgiusahbelde . is
Thec haracatrseeor mse tismyemsb orlast htehrah nu man
beinagnsdt hep ropagpaunrdpao oscec asiosnhaolwlsy
throuAglhst.oh eirsae c loudiinnt ehsiesn tenwthiiocnh
musbte s edto wans a d efeOcntei. sn evleerif ntd oubt
ast ow hat Lawirsae gnaciein nst th meo derinn,d ustrial­
izewdo rbldui tti sl ecslse wahra hte i sa dvocaitnii tnsg
steBaudit.n s piotfte h ersees ervnaotr ieosnpso ncsriibtliec
wouldde ntyh beo oakp laacsoe n oe ft hmeo sitm portant
workosffi ctiooftn h ec entuarnydn, o r eadoefra ny
kincdo uulndd erttoae kxep raenso sp inaiboontu htle i t­
eratoufrt eht ei moera botuhte spirittuhaallti th­istory
erateuxrper ewsistehsom uatk ihnigps e acieno ne way
ora notwhietrDh . H.L awrenacnedw itthh is work.
MayI congraytouuol anMt aer k Schionrterro'dsu ction
whichy oup latnop ubliIas mhn. o stu raes,t haeb ove
suggetshtaIst a, g rweiet ahl l his jbuudtIg amme nts
certtahiinis so neo ft hem ositl luminwaotrikonsfg
critiIh caivsreme aidna l ontgi me.
truyloyu rs
ARCHIBALDM ACLEISH
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INTRODUCTION
by MaSrckh arer
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LadyC hatterleyc'asm ien Ltobove eirun ngd etrh uem ­
brelplian oefs Iatna lwioaondw herLea wrenlciekt eod
siwtr iting as bpersiiondfSge a nE usebbieof,ot rhece a ve
wherteh sea ihnatdl ivTehde.a iwra sg oldweinl,fld o wers
embroidtehrege rdo unndi,g htinsgaanltgeo hs i m. He
wro:t" eCivilsiozceiidesi t nys anHeeb. a"dp uhti msaetl f
laasstf aars p ossi"boluet stihdmeea dweo rlidno" r dteor
delitvheilrsa jsutd gmeunpto int a,n dy etw,r ithiincsgo n­
demnatoifio nnd usstorciiaielntt hype e acofet hiTsu scan
pineI;J.tewa a,s a lscol osaic nigr cle.
Asi sk nowtnoa lwlh or eaDd.,H .L awrewnacseb orn,
thseo no fa c oamli nearn da s choolteiantc hhveei rl,l age
of Eastiwnto hoEedn glimsihd laonfdN so ttinghamshire
wherteh eeyd goen D erbyshWihraett. h el ifoeft hat
countrwyassil dieka ett heen do ft hlea satn dt hbee gin­
ninogf t hepr esent acnednw thuarLtya ,w rence's youth,
liviendt hacto untrywsaisld ieki,esb , e stto lidnh inso vel
Sonasn dL oveTrhse.b ackgroouftn hda t naosov feh li,s
firsTth,e WhPietaec oicska , s locwu ltucroanlvu lsion
abouttor eacihte sn da, c onvulisnwi hoinc thh aen cient
pastoroaflt ihsyeme omawna yo fl ifyei eltdots h en ew
mechanizoaftt hiieon nd uswtaryio afll i faen,di nw hich,
incidenat laolvleyll,ay n dscyaipeeli dtss teola fn i ron
horroWrh.a tw asl ovealnydp ecaefiunlt haotl dleirf e
andl andswcaaspL ea wrenpceec'uslt iraera swuhraewt;a s
uglayn dn ewh,i ssp ecainaalt heJmuasb.te fohrieds e ath
(anvde rsyh oratfltyhe erh adp ubliLsahdeyd Chatterley's
Lovera)sw, i tah g asopf n early desperahtee nostalgia,
wrotteo bao yhofordi eJn.Dd .,C hambetrhsye,o unger
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brotohfet rh agti r"lM iriwahmo"i sa tt hcee ntoeftr h e
confliinSc otn asn dL overs.
DeaDra vid,-
Ih ardrleyc ognyiozuaes Jd .D .-anydo um usbte
am ann ow, ionfsa tt ehaildni tltalwdei tvhe rfya ir
haiUrg.h , wah agtia npt imiet!m akemse f eel
scared.
WhateIvf eorr gIes th,an lelv feorr gtheHeta ggs­
I lovietds oI. l ovteodc omteo y oua lilt,r eally
wasa n ewl ibfeeg ainnm et heTrhee.w ater-pippin
byt hdeo or-thmoasied en-rbolsuteshsha F tl ower
woullde aonv earn de aatn dT riflpo underroiunngd .
-Ands tewfiegdfs o tre ina wintaenrdi, n A ugust
greesnt ewaepdp lDeosy .o us tihlalvt eh emT?e ll
youmro thIe nre vefro rgneotm ,a ttwehre rlei fe
carruise.s- Adnode ssh es till ifbs loumsehb ody
comesa ndfi ndhse ri na diwrhtiyta ep roOnr?
doessnh'wete awro rk-apanryo nmso reI? 'ldOo hv,e
tob en inetaegeanai nncd,o miunpgt hrotuhgWeha r­
rena ndc atchtihnfiegr sgtl imopsfte h beu ildings.
TheIn' sdi otnt hseo fuan dtehrwe i ndoawn,dw e'd
crowrdo untdh lei tttalbetl ote e ai,nt hatti nlyi ttle
kitcIhw eanss o a th omien .
Son' tpeamspsiac tairm,ii eiq!u anctaor nio,n
saprmeatie! -cIo unledv teeryl olui nE nglhioswh
mucihta lmle anttom e,h owI s tfilelea lb oiutt.
Ift heirsae n ythIic nagen v edrof or ydoot ue,l l
me.-Becwahuastee evlesIre a m,I ams omewhere
stitlhslea ·m e wBheorr tu shweidts hu cjho tyo t he
Haggs.
Thirse colliesinc sthiaocrpno nttroaa sf tr esohneetr h at
appeiarns stehceo vnedr soifoL nad Cyh atteTrhleerye.,
latinet hneo veLla,w rehnachsei lso vegrots o t hEea st­
woocdo unttrhye;y imnte heceth uractHh u cknwahlelr e
"thpei nocfhd ustth awta sB yrohne'arst ("B yr"otnh,a t
falta d"i!.se) n shrainndte hdes,yu· r vtehyoe l Lda wrence
landscapeF-aHramgn goswd eserFteeldl,Me iyls lt ill
anda bandoenveedr,y thinags N i"ndeevaeadh ll,li" f e
sacritfioc" ecdoa anldi r.o"nT hibsi ttpeerrlsyos neaeln �
disappferaotrmhs fie n avle rsoifot nh neo veblu,ht e re
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we havceo mpa areapbilseo dteh elio nnm go totrr ip
thaCto nstance mCahkatettshe rroluDegeyhr byrseh:i
Thec aprl ouguhpehdit lhlr otughlheo nsgq ualid
straogfgT leev ersthhabell la,c kberniedcdwk e llings,
theb lacskl artoeo fgsl isttehneisinhrga rpe dges,
thmeu db lawcikt cho al-tdhupesa tv,e mewnetatsn d
blacIktw. a sa si fd ismalhnaedss osa ktehdr ough
antdh roeuvgehr ytThhieun tgtn.ee rg atoifno ant ural
beautthye, untetgearto ifto hnge l naedsosfl ei,ft he
uttaebrs eonfct ehi en stfionsrch ta pely beauty which
evebryi radn db east thhueat st,de era otfht hheu ­
man intuitiwvaesa pfpaaclTulhlietns ygt .a cokfs
soaipnt hger ocesrhso'pt sh,re h ubaarnbdl emons
int hger eengr!to hcaeew rfsu'l ihnta htmesi lliners'!
alwle nbty uuggllyy,, fuoglllyob,wyt e hdpe l aster­
and-ghiolrrtoo rf t hec inewmiat iht wse tp icture
announcemenWtosm,a n'L"soA v e.!". T.ev ers­
halTlh!a t Tweavse rshallEln galnMdeSr!hr aikee ­
speare's Enbgulttah nEedn !g laNonoftd, o -daasy ,
Connhiaeur ealsiiznescdhe he a d ctoolm ie vinei t.
Itw asp roducai nnegwr acem aonfk ionvde,r -con­
scioutsh meio nn eayn ds ocainadlp oliticoanl side,
thsep ontanienotuusis,ti iddveee a d,-dbeuatHd a!l f­
corpaslleo sft, h e:mb uwti taht erriibnlsei sctoenn­t
sciousinnte hsoest hhearl Tfh.e rwea ss omething
uncanannydu ndergrounidta lalIb.two aust an
underw.o.r.l .Tdh iissh istOonreyE .n glabnldo ts
ouatn other.
ConstaCnhcaet terlewye'm sa yad srisvuem,e , duplicates
inf acatn df eelai ndgr tihvreo utghhe scaomuen tryside
thaLta wrenmcaed ine 192"5.B eemno torailonlvg e mry
well-kDneorwnb yshhiewrr oet,me"i ldelnyo utgoMh ar ­
tiSne ek"eBru.It c anl'otoa ktt hbeo doyf m yp astth,e
spisreietm tsoh avfleo wnT.h"e L awrenhcaedbs e en
livianbgo vTea oasn din Oaxacnao;wt hehya dp aused
inE nglaonntd h ewiaryt oI taalgya iFno.ra f ewm onths
thesye ttalteS dp oto(rnwoh eArneg elRoa vagtlhie,
"TeneonftL ea"w rence's tlheetlirta enrdsl,Lo arwdw­a)s.
renwcea sw earayn df elti nncoe nttoiw vrei at el ong
bookb,u hte d idd,u ritnhgip se riwriotde,i ni trso ugh
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