Amazing reader of classic great novel

I am not sure there could be a better reader than this great actor, and the writing – – it's DH Lawrence so it's brilliant.

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Samantha Bond!!!

Wish I could give her 10 stars. She was absolutely brilliant. I will be revisiting this audiobook again and again.

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Way beyond obscenity

I wish I had not taken so long to enjoy this book. It’s a masterpiece. For Lawrence to have written this story, he had to have live a life of deep feeling and willingness to risk heartache and being ostracized. Come to think of it, he did live such a life.

He puts into words what so few people ever come to experience of life. He intricately interweaves so many complex themes that are at the bottom of human nature. Although written nearly 100 years ago, except for references to transportation, clothing, other externalities, the book could have been written last week.

At times, Lawrence is a bit too flowery and repetitive, and rather than having positive literary effect, the bloom-y words and repeats become boring, but not at all to a great extent.

Definitely a worthwhile read if you crave literature with deep emotion and meaning.

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Time to read again?

Considering the time within which this book was written, "progressive thinking" and current cultural memes and beliefs, within this beautifully written and wonderfully read love story, one can find insights and comfort that there is little new in the world. Samantha Bond does not merely read the words, she communicates the poetry of the writing, the character's personalities, attitudes, actions and accents brilliantly. The colorful and specific sexual scenes are seen in context of the people and their relationship and not as prurient pornography. If you read this decades ago as did I, try it again in this Audible format.

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Samantha makes Lady Chatterley come alive

If you could sum up Lady Chatterley's Lover in three words, what would they be?

Classic Erotica doubled in intensity by Samatha Bonds seductive voice. Listen with someone you love.

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The Only Way I Could Finish This Story

What did you like best about Lady Chatterley's Lover? What did you like least?

The thing I liked the most about the book is how Lady Chatterly and Mellors can have honest conversations about how they enjoy all their sexual contact with each other. These encounters lead to them both being honest with their feelings and thoughts, which I feel lead to love between them. They're both so intelligent in their thoughts and feelings that their sexual desires help them to not think negative thoughts.

The thing I liked least about is how stiff EVERYONE was throughout the book. Some characters changed their uppity attitudes but not all; their attitudes didn't change as much as I would have liked. I guess this was they way things were in the United Kingdom at the time this book takes place. It could also be a statement D.H. Lawrence was trying to make on the upper society.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

If I were to change anything about this story it would have been all the lecturing the characters did. Sir Clifford Chatterly lectured his friends, Lady Chatterly, and Mrs. Bolton to boredom that everytime he started talking I just wanted him to get it over it. Lady Chatterly lectured herself during her sexual encounters which drove me crazy. Her self-lectures are so annoying sometimes that even though we were supposed to feel sorry for her and root for her. It made me like her less.

Have you listened to any of Samantha Bond’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I haven't listen to any audiobooks where Samantha Bond narrated but it will not be my last. Her reading of "Lady Chatterly's Lover is the best version I have heard from all the samples Audible has.

Did Lady Chatterley's Lover inspire you to do anything?

"Lady Chatterly's Lover" made me want to make sure I never gave way to self-imposed solitude. Both Lady Chatterly and Mellors imposed solitude on themselves both mentally and physically from everyone, but when they meet they start realizing that their lives are so dull compared to when the other is around. I want to be open to being around other people because they bring me a happiness that I cannot get in being by myself.

Any additional comments?

I started reading the print version of this book but couldn't finish it. [Blame Sir Clifford and his friends lecturing so much.] This audiobook version was the perfect way to read this book; I wish I would have download it instead of reading the print version.

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Well said!

The narrator of this classic did an outstanding job. She had a nuanced rendering of subtle differences in the different classes of English accents and Scottish brogues. The priggishness of the upper classes and the musicality of the earthy Common folk, danced in a tapestry of Delicious words and images.

This story is a treasure, and this reading does it perfect Justice.

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fantastic reading of a deep book

Samantha Bond does an amazing job giving bringing each character alive with their distinct voices

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Odd Story

I understand that this story important historically. That being said, it is not romantic in any way and a lot of the sex isn’t consensual. Very odd story.

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Thoroughly enjoyed it

I think the picked the perfect person to read it. it brought it to life.

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