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Recreates the origins of D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" from its private publication by Lawrence through the 1960 obscenity trial that sought to suppress the full, uncensored edition, reimagining its journey to freedom through the story of Jackie Kennedy, who was known to be an admirer.

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Main Author: MacLeod, Alison, 1964- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
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Lawrence, D. H. > (David Herbert), > 1885-1930. > Lady Chatterley's lover > Fiction.
Lawrence, D. H. > (David Herbert), > 1885-1930 > Fiction.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, > 1929-1994 > Fiction.
Trials (Obscenity) > Great Britain > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:Recreates the origins of D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" from its private publication by Lawrence through the 1960 obscenity trial that sought to suppress the full, uncensored edition, reimagining its journey to freedom through the story of Jackie Kennedy, who was known to be an admirer.
Physical Description:617 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-617).
ISBN:9781635576108
1635576105
Author Notes:Alison MacLeod is the author of three novels, The Changeling , The Wave Theory of Angels and Unexploded , which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013, and two collections of stories, Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction and All the Beloved Ghosts . She is the joint winner of the Eccles British Library Writer's Award 2016 and is Visiting Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. She was raised in the States and Canada and lives in Brighton.

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