勞倫斯（1885-1930）是二十世紀英國最獨特和最有爭議的作傢之一。他生於諾丁漢一個礦工傢庭，二十一歲時入諾丁漢大學學習，一生中創作瞭四十餘部小說、詩歌、遊記等作品，《兒子與情人》被認為是其最好的小說。勞倫斯提倡人性自由發展，反對工業文明對自然的破壞。他的作品對傢庭、婚姻和性進行瞭深入探索，對20世紀的小說寫作産生瞭廣泛影響。她是英國詩人、小說傢、散文傢，曾在國內外漂泊十多年。他寫過詩，但主要寫長篇小說，共有 10 部，最著名的為《虹》（ 1915 ）、《愛戀中的女人》（ 1921 ）和《查特萊夫人的情人》（ 1928 ）。《查特萊夫人的情人》是勞倫斯的最後一部小說。勞倫斯相信，人類的性愛具有至高無上的價值，也許這個世界上沒有一個作傢能像他那樣，以宗教般的熱忱贊美人間性愛，以細膩微妙的筆觸描繪兩性關係中那種欲仙欲死的境界，而那伴隨著熾烈的性愛體驗的，是對曆史、政治、宗教、經濟等社會問題的嚴肅思考。由於小說毫不隱晦地描寫瞭性愛，因而被斥為淫穢作品，並遭查禁。1959年齣版此書的英國企鵝齣版社還被控犯有齣版淫穢作品罪，引起瞭轟動整個西方齣版界的官司。直到1960年10月倫敦中央刑事法院裁定齣版社無罪，小說纔得以解禁。《查特萊夫人的情人》雖然命運坎坷，但終以其嚴肅的寓意、社會批判的主題，真切透闢的寫實手法和細膩深刻的心理描寫成為名著，並對現當代英國乃至西方文學産生瞭重大影響。

Lady Chatterley's Lover , by D. H. Lawrence , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics :

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. 0in 0in 0pt">The last, and most famous, of D. H. Lawrence ’s novels, Lady Chatterley’s Lover was published in 1928 and banned in England and the United States as pornographic. While sexually tame by today’s standards, the book is memorable for better reasonsLawrence’s masterful and lyrical prose, and a vibrant story that takes us bodily into the world of its characters.

As the novel opens, Constance Chatterley finds herself trapped in an unfulfilling marriage to a rich aristocrat whose war wounds have left him paralyzed and impotent. After a brief but unsatisfying affair with a playwright, Lady Chatterley enjoys an extremely passionate relationship with the gamekeeper on the family estate, oliver Mellors. As Lady Chatterley falls in love and conceives a child with Mellors, she moves from the heartless, bloodless world of the intelligentsia and aristocracy into a vital and profound connection rooted in sexual fulfillment.

Through this novel, Lawrence attempted to revive in the human consciousness an awareness of savage sensuality, a sensuality with the power to free men and women from the enslaving sterility of modern technology and intellectualism. Perhaps even more relevant today than when it first appeared, Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a triumph of passion and an erotic celebration of life.

Susan ostrov Weisser is a professor in the English Department at Adelphi University, where she specializes in nineteenth-century literature and women’s studies, and teaches frequently in the Honors College.