The story of unequal animal love in one of the most scandalous novels of the first half of the 20th century.
It was first published in the late 1920s in Florence and Paris, but was banned from publication in the author's native Britain until the 1960s. So English cultural tourists brought it back secretly from their trips to the continent as a savoury souvenir, perhaps adding to its 'bad reputation'. By the way, the book was first published in Czech in 1930? and it didn't cause any scandal. Perhaps it was also the fact that Czech readers probably did not experience so strongly the harsh criticism of British society, which could have provoked more vehement disapproval among many of the approvers and prohibitionists across the Channel than the alleged obscenity of the book. Because Lady Chatterley's Lover may be an erotic novel, but it is certainly not an obscene one. Although the line between these terms has always been and will always be very fluid.
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) did not live to see the success of his book, dying only a year after its first publication. And in fact, he would have to wait many decades before the book became part of the literary canon and college scripts, before it became one of the most filmed books ever, and most importantly, the most read book.
The love story of Constance, a young aristocrat, who chooses a 'common gamekeeper' over her noble (and unfortunately invalid) husband, will not cause any scandal today; But it can still reach and move us - and excite us - not only by its extraordinary literary qualities, but above all by the strength of the passion of the two lovers and of the author himself.
