Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

*This episode contains very strong language and adult content*

A semi autobiographical account from a conflicted man? An ode to a wife’s sexual desire? A criminally obscene novel?

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is one of the most famous texts from the past century, but why?

In this episode, we hear from the director of the new Netflix movie Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre about why this story is important to the 21st century. Then, Kate speaks to Frances Wilson about D.H. Lawrence, his final novel, and the trial that made them the sexual mascots of the 1960s.

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Anisha Deva.

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0:00.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
0:02.2	But a legacy can change over time as new generations
0:05.6	re-examine old preputations.
0:07.6	From Wundery and Gohanger podcasts, I'm F4hersh.
0:11.0	I'm Peter Frankapan, and in a brand new series,
0:14.0	we're exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history,
0:17.4	from Napoleon to Picasso.
0:19.2	And asking, what does their past tell us about our present?
0:23.4	This is legacy.
0:24.8	Follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Hello, my lovely Batrixers.
0:34.1	It's me, Kate Lister.
0:35.3	I'm here with your Fair Doos warning.
0:37.8	Well, this week we have a bit of a doozy
0:40.0	as far as the Fair Doos warning is concerned,
0:41.9	because we are only talking about lady Chattelese Levere,
0:46.8	the book, the film, the scandal, the sex scenes.
0:50.5	So inevitably, we will be straying into mucky territory today.
0:54.3	We will be talking about adult content, sexual content,
0:57.6	and not only that, not only that,
1:00.4	there will be repeated reference to swear words,
1:02.8	and not gentle mild swear words either.
	...

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