The Scandalous Nature of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

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The hosts analyze the scandalous nature of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' and whether it still holds shock value. They discuss explicit language, intimate scenes, and the depiction of sexual content in the book. They also comment on the ableism present in the storyline and the social class differences between characters.

Banned in many countries until the 1960s, David Herbert Lawrence's 1928 novel is both racier and tamer than you might imagine. What more would you expect from a book that uses both "the love experience" and [BLEEP] to describe, well, adult behavior? Caveat lictor: this episode features discussions of Adult Situations.

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