David Herbert Lawrence was born in Nottinghamshire, England, 11 September 1885. His father was a coal miner, his mother a genteel woman who sought education and refinement for her son. Lawrence earned a university degree and taught school for a short time. While still a student he began to publish his poems and short stories. He fell in love with the wife of a professor, Frieda von Richthofen Weekley. She eloped with Lawrence, abandoning her husband and three small children. Lawrence's pet themes of myth, freedom, redemption, the difficulty and necessity of emotional, erotic expression and the inevitable torments of family relationships occupied him throughout his life. Eventually, there would be accusations of obscenity, his novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" being the most prominent example.
In 1960 Penguin Books published the first unexpurgated version of Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" in England. They were charged with obscenity, and found not guilty. The book has since been filmed many times.During the obscenity trial the out-of-touch prosecutor asked the jury: "Is it a book you would wish your wife or servants to read?". One of the many reasons the case of Regina v. Penguin Books Ltd was lostBiography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 131, pages 237-254. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.A rejection slip from a publisher warned Lawrence, "For your own good, do NOT publish this book!"
The battle of the sexes and relationships among the elite of Britian's industrial Midlands in the 1920s. Gerald Crich and Rupert Berkin are best friends who fall in love with a pair of sisters Gudrun, a sculptress and Ursula Brangwen, a schoolteacher. Rupert marries Ursula, Gerald begins a love affair with Gudrun, and the foursome embarks upon a Swiss honeymoon. But the relationships take markedly different directions, as Russell explores the nature of commitment and love. Rupert and Ursula learn to give themselves to each other; the more withdrawn Gerald cannot, finally, connect with the demanding and challenging Gudrun.
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