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Lady Chatterley's Lover

By: D. H. Lawrence
Narrated by: Katherine Littrell
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Lady Chatterley's Lover is D. H. Lawrence's last novel. First published privately in 1928, Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned from wider publication in the UK until 1960 and was the subject of censorship and book banning in the United States and elsewhere. Its erotic subject material, colorful language, and discussion of interclass relations were deemed obscene.

Now deemed a classic work of artistic merit written before its time, D.H. Lawrence's thoughtfully penned novel scrutinizes marriage, infidelity, and the things people do to achieve physical and emotional happiness. The novel's frank approach to sex and desire infuses Lady Chatterley's Lover with a modern sensibility that rings as true and thought-provoking in the present as upon its first scandalous publication.

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Brilliantly honest and difficult.

This is an infamous book that has had endless professional revues and if you seek plot details or deep commentary you will find no lack of them online. It's rightfully famous for being a breakout example of honest character study, disclosing aspects of society that we still tend to keep to ourselves -- and even from ourselves. It's a deep character study, and the extreme honesty make it a work of art.

There's not much to say about the LCL itself that you can't find better said elsewhere. If you're here, you're likely here on purpose to find this book.

The narrator Katherine Littrell is a skilled voice talent, has several inflections and voices, and vanishes into the background of your mind as you continue to listen. In the early chapters, the aussie accent is apparent against the english background, but it disappears over time. Some of my fellow americans might not notice at all.. I give the narration 4 stars because the accent did temporarily throw me, but it is otherwise perfectly done.

*I received a review copy of this work in exchange for an unbiased review.

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A passionate love story

really great read, but it is a bit dry at times. lots of musings from a post WWI generation, and occasionally, quite political.

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Excellent book, excellent narrator

I've always loved this book, so to hear it narrated so well is a pleasure. She does voices for the characters, so if you like that then this is great, but if you don't then this isn't the version for you.

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Talented Voice Artist

Very talented Voice artist who inhabited every character beautifully. Well done. The book is nearly a hundred years old, but still speaks a lot of truth.

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A Good Reading of a Famous Classic

If you could sum up Lady Chatterley's Lover in three words, what would they be?

Classic. Satisfying. Intriguing.

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed the dialogue and character development.

What does Katherine Littrell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She has great strength as a narrator and I admire her character reading voice for male characters. It isn't too distracting, once you get into the story. But her real strength is in the beautiful descriptions of setting and events. A nice job.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

None really.

Any additional comments?

I received a copy of this audiobook for free for review purposes.

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OMG

This book actually made me mad. I watched the movie first so I thought how wonderful it'd be to listen more details about a story line I loved to watch. Mistake on every level.
The author would go on about the same topic again and again, didn't seem to have a large vocabulary of words and descriptions to use so they used the same ones over and over again. I yelled a few times, "yep, we got it...understood!"
But I hung in there hoping, praying that at least the love scenes would not disappoint. The moment it started it was the same dull vocabulary. I got a refund right away.

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Not for me

I can’t really pinpoint exactly why, but I just could not get into this book.

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Skip it

It's just not good. I was a chore to get through. Narration might be part of the problem. I didn't get the impression that there was crazy passion between LC and the Mellers. I honestly don't see why it is so well known.

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Very mechanical writing

Lady Chatterley's Lover sets in 1928 and has a lot of sexual descriptions and a sexual plot, which made it banned in the UK until 1960.

I usually love classics but have never read this one, so I was exited to start it. However, I was disappointed in the writing style and didn't actually feel it was a fictional story. I see it more as a self-help, non-fiction book in sexual education. The storytelling is lacking a lot and it's like the author tries to educate us into what women really wants.

There are many boring passages and we have to get 3 chapters in before we get some dialogue. Even when two people is having a conversation it is just described, but not with much of a dialogue. I'd recommend waching the BBC movie instead, to get a lot more storytelling. I also rolled my eyes (and sometimes chuckled) over sex scenes, that was very mechanically described, hence the time, of course.

The production lacks quality. Sometimes I thought my head set would explode because of annoying microphone sounds and chapter two ends very abruptly in the middle of a sentence.

Narrator Katherine Littrell did a fine job when I came further into the book. In the beginning I missed a more strong British accent, as this is a British classic, but as the story develops her accent becomes stronger, especially in dialogue and I also spotted a very good Irish accent. Katherine has a great potential and I'd like to hear her in other stories written in our time. I defenitely think this book was a challenge for her, it would have been for me, too.

*This book was gifted to me in exchange for an honest review. Read all my reviews at mybookhype dot com

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Not very exciting

I wanted to enjoy this book... But I found it very boring. The only parts that were somewhat enjoyable were the sex scenes. I didn't know what to expect going into this book, but I was hoping for a little more romance. It was actually frustrating. Everyone seemed so entitled and spoiled. It seemed all over the place. I did like hearing about the different classes and the differences between men and women, however it seemed out of context and staged. The most creepy parts involved how Connie's father talked about her.
The narration by Katherine Littrell was very well done. Her voice is pleasant. I really enjoyed listening to her.
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast.

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