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  • A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley
  • By: Annabel Abbs
  • Narrated by: Leith McPherson
  • Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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By: Annabel Abbs
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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.  

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.  
©2018 Annabel Abbs (P)2018 Hachette Australia Audio
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"I loved this novel so very much. Abbs' writing is glorious." (Melissa Ashley, author of The Birdman's Wife)

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Understanding D H Lawrence

My very first enquiry into D H Lawrence’s life and literary motivations, I found this stimulated further interest in his biography. A chauvinist or aesthete, one gets a glimpse of both. Frieda and ‘Lorenzo’ were a curious couple but somehow complimented each other in their needs, but Frieda comes over as a powerful muse for a man who may have been a literary genius. My northern English roots drove me through this book but I particularly valued the historical postscripts at the end. The narration was OK. The German accents more authentic.

Any D H Lawrence aficionado might value this story.

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An amazing story

I loved this story from the beginning. Annabel Abbs has an amazing skill with detail that brings the characters, scenes and story to life.
Beautifully read by Leith McPherson.

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