Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19
Themes
All Themes Intellect vs. Bodily Experience Nature vs. Machinery Class, Consumerism, and Money Gender and Sexuality Catastrophe, Continuity, and Tradition
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Terms
All Terms Bolshevism Collier Gondola/Gondolier Midlands R.A. Robin Hood
Symbols
All Symbols Flowers Clifford’s Wheelchair
Literary Devices
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

by

D. H. Lawrence

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Intellect vs. Bodily Experience Theme Icon
    Intellect vs. Bodily Experience
  • Nature vs. Machinery Theme Icon
    Nature vs. Machinery
  • Class, Consumerism, and Money Theme Icon
    Class, Consumerism, and Money
  • Gender and Sexuality Theme Icon
    Gender and Sexuality
  • Catastrophe, Continuity, and Tradition  Theme Icon
    Catastrophe, Continuity, and Tradition
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Lady Constance Chatterley
  • Oliver Mellors
  • Sir Clifford Chatterley
  • Mrs. Ivy Bolton
  • Michaelis
  • Sir Malcolm Reid
  • Hilda
  • Duncan Forbes
  • Sir Geoffrey Chatterley
  • Miss Emma Chatterley
  • Squire Leslie Winter
  • General Tommy Dukes
  • Charles May
  • Bertha Coutts
  • Giovanni
  • Daniele
Terms
  • All Terms
  • Bolshevism
  • Collier
  • Gondola/Gondolier
  • Midlands
  • R.A.
  • Robin Hood
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Flowers Symbol Icon
    Flowers
  • Clifford’s Wheelchair Symbol Icon
    Clifford’s Wheelchair
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Allegory
  • Allusions
  • Dialect
  • Foil
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Idioms
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Motifs
  • Personification
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
  • Verbal Irony
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