At the time, Lawrence's health was failing and as he wrote later in "A Propos of Lady Chatterly's Lover", he was tempted to make the requested changes for money but doing so was impossible for him. He refused to meet the demands of what he called the "censor morons.
1 posted on
09/07/2010 2:45:04 PM PDT by
usalady
To: usalady
And everybody read his book as porn instead of as a literary achievement.
2 posted on
09/07/2010 2:49:42 PM PDT by
DJ MacWoW
(If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
To: usalady
I vaguely remember reading that book when I was a teenager. As I recall it was a struggle to get through it—boring—and the sex was untittilating. At least about all I remember is being bored and untittilated.
4 posted on
09/07/2010 3:13:43 PM PDT by
Savage Beast
("True evil has a face you know and a voice you trust." Greg Iles. "True Evil")
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