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pedrorondulhagomes's review against another edition
4.0
As descrições do bosque de Wragby, que constitui aqui um refúgio do mundo moderno, são belíssimas, e criam, por si só, uma tensão erótica que se vai acumulando ao longo de toda a primeira parte do romance, e que culmina num mero toque na anca da mulher e uma ordem esta se deite num colchão improvisado.
“Contudo, a primavera tinha voltado, as campainhas começavam a aparecer no bosque e os rebentos das aveleiras desabrochavam como salpicos de chuva verde. Terrível conjugação, a da primavera com um coração frio. Só as galinhas, que docemente espalhavam as suas penas sobre os ovos, eram quentes nos seus corpos solenes de fêmeas! Connie sentia-se, em todos os momentos, perto do desmaio.”
“O sol deu lugar ao frio. Os narcisos escondiam-se na erva escura. Escondiam-se assim durante o resto do dia e durante a noite, longa fria. Eram tão fortes na sua fragilidade!”
“E então, certo dia, um esplendido dia de sol em que tufos de primaveras coloriam o bosque e as violetas sulcavam os caminhos”
Estas imagens constituem-se em oposição com o ambiente circundante (a casa, a mina, a aldeia) onde impera a clausura, a submissão, as aparências e a neblina.
“Levantou-se, um pouco entorpecida, apanhou uns narcisos, começou a descer. Não gostava de apanhar flores, queria simplesmente uma ou duas. Tinha de voltar para Wragby e para aquelas paredes que presentemente odiava, especialmente aquelas paredes espessas. Paredes, sempre paredes! E, no entanto, eram necessárias por causa do vento.”
“O ar pesado cheirava a enxofre, mas estavam já ambos habituados. Ao longe via-se uma neblina, opaca pela geada e pelo fumo, lá em cima um pouco de céu azul. Parecia que tudo estava fechado, encarcerado. A vida era um sonho, ou um devaneio, mas sempre encarcerado.”
A forma como é encarado o sexo, nestes dois mundos antagónicos, é ao mesmo tempo central e sintomática de um quadro mais geral de esvaziamento do sentido. O sexo como ligação profunda, simultaneamente terna e violenta, é fundamental neste livro e na sua filosofia. Mas, mais do que pelo conteúdo erótico, este é subversivo nesse sentido mais geral, de recusa de um mundo industrializado, asfixiante, falso onde as pessoas já não sabem viver sem dinheiro.
As personagens estão muito bem construídas e movem-se pelo livro em constante fricção, como placas tectónicas, o que cria a tensão dramática. Este movimento é obviamente extensível aos referidos dois mundos, sendo que neste caso, é de salientar o papel da resistência individual – que embora impotente face ao resto do mundo, não se deixa de afirmar como resistência. Não vou conseguir mudar o mundo, mas também não deixarei que ele me mude a mim.
“Contudo, a primavera tinha voltado, as campainhas começavam a aparecer no bosque e os rebentos das aveleiras desabrochavam como salpicos de chuva verde. Terrível conjugação, a da primavera com um coração frio. Só as galinhas, que docemente espalhavam as suas penas sobre os ovos, eram quentes nos seus corpos solenes de fêmeas! Connie sentia-se, em todos os momentos, perto do desmaio.”
“O sol deu lugar ao frio. Os narcisos escondiam-se na erva escura. Escondiam-se assim durante o resto do dia e durante a noite, longa fria. Eram tão fortes na sua fragilidade!”
“E então, certo dia, um esplendido dia de sol em que tufos de primaveras coloriam o bosque e as violetas sulcavam os caminhos”
Estas imagens constituem-se em oposição com o ambiente circundante (a casa, a mina, a aldeia) onde impera a clausura, a submissão, as aparências e a neblina.
“Levantou-se, um pouco entorpecida, apanhou uns narcisos, começou a descer. Não gostava de apanhar flores, queria simplesmente uma ou duas. Tinha de voltar para Wragby e para aquelas paredes que presentemente odiava, especialmente aquelas paredes espessas. Paredes, sempre paredes! E, no entanto, eram necessárias por causa do vento.”
“O ar pesado cheirava a enxofre, mas estavam já ambos habituados. Ao longe via-se uma neblina, opaca pela geada e pelo fumo, lá em cima um pouco de céu azul. Parecia que tudo estava fechado, encarcerado. A vida era um sonho, ou um devaneio, mas sempre encarcerado.”
A forma como é encarado o sexo, nestes dois mundos antagónicos, é ao mesmo tempo central e sintomática de um quadro mais geral de esvaziamento do sentido. O sexo como ligação profunda, simultaneamente terna e violenta, é fundamental neste livro e na sua filosofia. Mas, mais do que pelo conteúdo erótico, este é subversivo nesse sentido mais geral, de recusa de um mundo industrializado, asfixiante, falso onde as pessoas já não sabem viver sem dinheiro.
As personagens estão muito bem construídas e movem-se pelo livro em constante fricção, como placas tectónicas, o que cria a tensão dramática. Este movimento é obviamente extensível aos referidos dois mundos, sendo que neste caso, é de salientar o papel da resistência individual – que embora impotente face ao resto do mundo, não se deixa de afirmar como resistência. Não vou conseguir mudar o mundo, mas também não deixarei que ele me mude a mim.
theodoreeeeeeads's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
eddaros's review against another edition
1.0
Finally finally FINALLY I managed to finish this horrid book!
I read it as a teenager and loved it - probably only because of the sex scenes because there is absolutely nothing nice to say about it.
Yes good that women finally got to enjoy sex in books - thankfully since this book was written women have had so much better sex in books and that there are books that you can just imagine the sex without having to read about it particularly.
Boring boring boring. But I set out to finish it and I'm DONE!
Never going to read this shit again.
I read it as a teenager and loved it - probably only because of the sex scenes because there is absolutely nothing nice to say about it.
Yes good that women finally got to enjoy sex in books - thankfully since this book was written women have had so much better sex in books and that there are books that you can just imagine the sex without having to read about it particularly.
Boring boring boring. But I set out to finish it and I'm DONE!
Never going to read this shit again.
moodreader04's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
What to say about this book other than that I loved it? Although the story it's a simple one, to me it was executed in a wonderful way. The books has a vibe that only certain authors can provide, and this is one of them. The setting in the English countryside surrounded by woods and cabins brings a peace and lightness to the story that I simply adore and that will probably be the main thing I'll remember about this book.
🍂 However, even though the story is a "simple" one do not mistake by silly. The author brought in this book very interesting discussion and arguments about the lives of industrial workers in England post - WW1. Discussions about socialism, gender roles, economy and the future of Europe are one of these themes that contrast with the peaceful setting of the British countryside. And along with those discussions that author was very ahead of his time when it came to the romance. This book was banned in certain places when released and I get it why, for us today it might look silly because there are no real explicit smut scenes like today but when published in 1928 we can then realize that it was a bold move from D.H Lawrence.
🍂 I thought the romance was well developed and if did fit the time period, so don't expect seeing a modern day romance there are some "problematic" dialogues, but then again it fits it's time and we must remember that, you don't have to agree with it but you must comprehend. If you cannot then I don't recommend reading Classics.
🍂The characters were okay, I really liked Connie though, the protagonist, I thought she had some interesting passages and conflicts. She in her own way was also ahead of her time. The male characters were all right, Mellors was a bit difficult to understand sometimes with English being my second language and a lot of his dialogue were in dialect format and Clifford was just unlikable but I did enjoy his scenes with Connie they had interesting arguments.
🍂 In general, I would recommend this book if you like this period in history and 20th literature and are looking for low stakes plots with a slower pace where you can just enjoy the setting.
🍂 However, even though the story is a "simple" one do not mistake by silly. The author brought in this book very interesting discussion and arguments about the lives of industrial workers in England post - WW1. Discussions about socialism, gender roles, economy and the future of Europe are one of these themes that contrast with the peaceful setting of the British countryside. And along with those discussions that author was very ahead of his time when it came to the romance. This book was banned in certain places when released and I get it why, for us today it might look silly because there are no real explicit smut scenes like today but when published in 1928 we can then realize that it was a bold move from D.H Lawrence.
🍂 I thought the romance was well developed and if did fit the time period, so don't expect seeing a modern day romance there are some "problematic" dialogues, but then again it fits it's time and we must remember that, you don't have to agree with it but you must comprehend. If you cannot then I don't recommend reading Classics.
🍂The characters were okay, I really liked Connie though, the protagonist, I thought she had some interesting passages and conflicts. She in her own way was also ahead of her time. The male characters were all right, Mellors was a bit difficult to understand sometimes with English being my second language and a lot of his dialogue were in dialect format and Clifford was just unlikable but I did enjoy his scenes with Connie they had interesting arguments.
🍂 In general, I would recommend this book if you like this period in history and 20th literature and are looking for low stakes plots with a slower pace where you can just enjoy the setting.
kbkittyb's review against another edition
3.0
This one has me puzzled as to how I feel...
I enjoyed it and the writing is very intellectual and yet poetical. But there is something that doesn't sit quite right....
I think its the characters. All of them unlikeable. All of them too complex and distant to become fully formed to the reader. But I suppose that's the more philosophical point Lawrence was trying to make. But I won't get into that, he's done enough of that for the both of us.
Unlike others, I am of the opinion that this book deserves the title of classic in its own right. Some believe it is only a part of the literary cannon because of the scandal, and boy don't we all love a bit of that! But I disagree, it makes valid points about society that are still being made today. The language is often beautiful and sultry. He writes of love as a form of art - something to be enjoyed by all, with no judgement or conformity. He was ahead of his time.
So yes, it is very scandalous. And these scenes are a large part of the draw of this novel. But thats the point. In contrast to modern equivalents such as Fifty Shades of Grey, causing a scandal was the point, to make sex less of a taboo. Fifty shades and similar works are often badly written, have no lasting societal impact, and are only written for the money. Which is exactly what D H Lawrence was against all along. So I guess Mellors was proved right after all...
Sorry for the rant but overall, a book that leaves you with much food for thought. Exciting scenes, coupled with rather intense philosophical ones. So if you're reading it just for the smut, don't bother, you'll be bored.
An anticlimactic ending that felt rushed and unsatisfactory leaves me a little disillusioned but somehow hopeful.
I would encourage all fans of the classics to read this one. As a Nottingham lass m'self im a little biased. But a good, solid read with some thinly veiled spice. Enjoy!
I enjoyed it and the writing is very intellectual and yet poetical. But there is something that doesn't sit quite right....
I think its the characters. All of them unlikeable. All of them too complex and distant to become fully formed to the reader. But I suppose that's the more philosophical point Lawrence was trying to make. But I won't get into that, he's done enough of that for the both of us.
Unlike others, I am of the opinion that this book deserves the title of classic in its own right. Some believe it is only a part of the literary cannon because of the scandal, and boy don't we all love a bit of that! But I disagree, it makes valid points about society that are still being made today. The language is often beautiful and sultry. He writes of love as a form of art - something to be enjoyed by all, with no judgement or conformity. He was ahead of his time.
So yes, it is very scandalous. And these scenes are a large part of the draw of this novel. But thats the point. In contrast to modern equivalents such as Fifty Shades of Grey, causing a scandal was the point, to make sex less of a taboo. Fifty shades and similar works are often badly written, have no lasting societal impact, and are only written for the money. Which is exactly what D H Lawrence was against all along. So I guess Mellors was proved right after all...
Sorry for the rant but overall, a book that leaves you with much food for thought. Exciting scenes, coupled with rather intense philosophical ones. So if you're reading it just for the smut, don't bother, you'll be bored.
An anticlimactic ending that felt rushed and unsatisfactory leaves me a little disillusioned but somehow hopeful.
I would encourage all fans of the classics to read this one. As a Nottingham lass m'self im a little biased. But a good, solid read with some thinly veiled spice. Enjoy!
alinaedwards's review against another edition
I wouldn’t say I loved this novel—I certainly didn’t love it as much as Women in Love, anyway—but I did really enjoy it, having gleaned so much about Lawrence’s philosophy from its pages. I’m still on the fence as to whether it’s truly a feminist work; just because its heroine starts the affair and leads it herself, doesn’t make it feminist. I need more time to ruminate on that question.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover is also much more accessible than Women in Love, and even though it’s DHL’s last novel, I think it makes a good starting point for a reader that’s new to his work.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover is also much more accessible than Women in Love, and even though it’s DHL’s last novel, I think it makes a good starting point for a reader that’s new to his work.
oxblood's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
anpu325's review against another edition
1.0
I always thought this book would be good because it was so controversial for the time. Somehow the discourse that men aren't really men any more or that women aren't really women is a conversation that we are still having 100 years later. And that's the whole theme of this book. I literally felt like I was reading a reddit incel rant whenever I read the parts where Mellors was speaking. Connie was the perfect woman for him because she wanted to have sex but only ever to be the passive partner and she could orgasm from penetration alone like a real woman or whatever. When he talks about why he loves her, he admits to sexually assaulting other women then blaming them for not being into it, and he blames every women for not having sex the exact way that he wanted in extremely misogynistic and violently homophobic ways. And Connie sleeps with him after that. (So romantic!) At first I was really sympathetic to the themes of alienation due to industrialization and a feeling of being part of the lost generation. And the kind of sado-masochistic relationships between characters who are from different classes. But ultimately the message of the book was a regressive one even for the time. It was railing against changes to gender norms that were already happening. It's a harkening towards an ideal past that never existed, but that cisgender heterosexual men want to believe existed. The book betrayed that the author didn't even know how women's bodies worked. Connie is always feeling emotions with her womb as of course all women do. Even though Lady Chatterly is the titular character, the book itself is centered around a relationship that is depicted as romantic because she is sexual in exactly the way a man believes a woman should be sexual- passively.
elspethevans23's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0