ISBN |
9780733640117 (paperback) |
Name |
Abbs, Annabel author. |
Title |
Frieda : a novel of the real Lady Chatterley / Annabel Abbs. |
Published |
Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2018. |
©2018 |
Description |
371 pages ; 24 cm. |
Summary |
The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H. Lawrence - and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel banned for more than 30 years Germany, 1907. Frieda, daughter of aristocrat Baron von Richthofen, has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her family in Munich, a city alive with new ideas of revolution and free love, and goaded by a toxic sibling rivalry with her sisters, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening. England, 1912. Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious young writer D.H. Lawrence, a man whose creative energy answers her own needs. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that will change the course of literature - and society - forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost. Who was the real Lady Chatterley? A stunning novel of emotional intensity, Frieda tells the story of an extraordinary woman - and a notorious love affair that became synonymous with ideas of sexual freedom. |
Subjects |
Lawrence, Frieda, -- 1879-1956 -- Fiction |
Lawrence, D. H.(David Herbert),1885-1930 -- Relations with women -- Fiction |
Adultery -- Fiction |
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
Married women -- Fiction |
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Fiction |
Genre |
Biographical fiction |
Historical fiction |
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