A vibrant account of the remarkable novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, tracing its life over the last century.
D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is one of the best-known and most resonant works of the twentieth century. Originally considered obscene and unpublishable in numerous countries, its scandalous story of class divide and the English countryside is infamous. But, since the 1920s, we have repeatedly re-created Lady Chatterley, from film and TV to music and tourism. Guy Cuthbertson tells the colourful story of the novel’s journey through the last hundred years – from derision to global success and longevity.
Chaired by Caroline Beck
“Seriously entertaining even on the serious subject of censorship, this is a very clever look at the life of a book. Disgustingly good.”—Lucy Worsley, author of Agatha Christie
“Shrewd, even-handed, and frequently amusing, Lady C is a gleefully exhaustive survey of reactions to one of the world’s most argued-over narratives.”—Robert Crawford, author of Eliot After the Waste Land
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