tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post2935394521555660473..comments2023-10-10T12:38:41.200+01:00Comments on Musings from a muddy island: 'Read to pieces' (. . . and Literature Is All About Sex)Juliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-89215691755578972612008-02-24T17:27:00.000+00:002008-02-24T17:27:00.000+00:00Hi Stephen - No I didn't study LCL at school, but ...Hi Stephen - No I didn't study LCL at school, but when I was awarded the English prize in my A-level year (brag, brag), it came in the form of a book token so I could choose the worthy tome with which I wished to be presented on Prize Day. Predicably enough, I chose a fat hardback compilation of five DHL novels, including LCL. My mother was scandalised (it being a mere 18 years after the Lady Chatterly trial at the time, after all!) and contrived to prevent my grandmother from attending the ceremony on the grounds that Grandma's knowing that I had read ANYTHING by DHL, let alone THAT BOOK, would probably result in fatal consequences of one sort or another!Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-72593670098302068802008-02-24T17:02:00.000+00:002008-02-24T17:02:00.000+00:00Lawrence definitely doesn't pall with age. If you'...Lawrence definitely doesn't pall with age. If you're wary of revisiting The Rainbow, you should seek out the two earlier versions of Lady Chatterley, quite different from each other and the final published version.<BR/><BR/>There was a body of critical opinion that felt that Chatterley was a poor novel by Lawrence' standards, but it looks better as time goes by. And I bet you never studied it at school!Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464069586293077271noreply@blogger.com