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1920s: The book that was the focus of an obscenity trial
1920s: The book that was the focus of an obscenity trial
The story of how the wife of Sir Clifford Chatterley responds when her husband returns from the war paralysed from the waist down, and of the tender love which then develops between her and her husband’s gamekeeper, is a complex one open to a variety of conflicting interpretations.
England
Wragby Hall: A fictional manor house and the home of the Chatterley family
Tevershall: A fictional industrial coal mining town near Wragby, symbolizing the bleak, working-class world that contrasts with the aristocracy and represents the source of Clifford’s family wealth.
Teversal – The Nottinghamshire author was born and brought up near Teversal, and often used places he knew as settings for his novels.
Destination/location: England , Nottinghamshire Author/guide: D H Lawrence Departure Time: 1920s
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