Lady Chatterley's Lover has been published in three versions. The story concerns a young married woman, the former Constance Reid (Lady Chatterley), whose upper class husband, Sir Clifford Chatterley, described as a handsome, well-built man, has been paralysed from the waist down due to a Great War injury. In addition to Clifford's physical limitations, his emotional neglect of Constance forces distance between the couple. Her emotional frustration leads her into an affair with the gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. The class difference between the couple highlights a major motif of the novel which is the unfair dominance of intellectuals over the working class. The novel
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film) Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981 film) Lady Chatterley's Lover is a 1981 film directed by Just Jaeckin, and starring Sylvia Kristel and Nicholas Clay. It is an adaptation of the D. H. Lawrence novel of the same name. After an injury leaves her husband impotent and crippled, Lady Chatterley is torn between love for her husband and her desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out the means of fulfilling her physical needs. The film was not as popular as the filmmakers expected and Cannon Films ended up recording a loss. However the film later became more popular in the home