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Frieda
- the original Lady Chatterley
- Narrated by: Leith McPherson
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
The extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Germany 1907.
Aristocrat Frieda von Richthofen has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her sisters in Munich, she is captivated by a city alive with ideas of revolution and free love, and, goaded by sibling rivalry with her sisters and the need to be more than mother and wife, 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 younger writer D. H. Lawrence. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that changes the course of literature forever.
But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at the terrible personal cost of home and family.
Critic reviews
"A lush and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman who refused to compromise on what really matters: to be known, to love, to be beloved. She, and all those connected with her, live and breathe in Abbs's beautifully crafted novel." (Polly Clark author of Larchfield)
"Poignant." (The Australian)
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- 04-10-22
Exquisite
This book is utterly brilliant- beautifully written, scrupulously researched and very, very gripping to read. The detail is painted with luminous clarity, sensitivity and tenderness. It shines a light on the burgeoning feminism of a generation of women and also perhaps, partly, Lawrence himself. Buy it and be enthralled, enlightened and transported.
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