Frieda

A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley

Annabel Abbs

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Hachette Australia
11 September 2018

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H. Lawrence - and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel banned for more than 30 years

Germany, 1907. Frieda, daughter of aristocrat Baron von Richthofen, has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her family in Munich, a city alive with new ideas of revolution and free love, and goaded by a toxic sibling rivalry with her sisters, 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 young writer D.H. Lawrence, a man whose creative energy answers her own needs. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that will change the course of literature - and society - forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost.

Who was the real Lady Chatterley? A stunning novel of emotional intensity, Frieda tells the story of an extraordinary woman - and a notorious love affair that became synonymous with ideas of sexual freedom.

By: Annabel Abbs
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9780733640117
ISBN 10: 0733640117
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 11 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annabel Abbs lives in London with her husband and four children. Her bestselling debut novel, The Joyce Girl, won the Impress Prize for New Writers and was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award, the Waverley Good Read Award and the Caledonia Novel Award.

Reviews for Frieda: A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley

A hugely impressive debut. Annabel Abbs has brought to life an extraordinary cast of characters - Joyce, Beckett et al. - and painted their rackety, bohemian world in vivid technicolour. - THE OBSERVER on THE JOYCE GIRL Here is a powerful portrait of a young woman yearning to be an artist, whose passion for life and rage at being unable to fulfil her talent burns from the pages. - THE GUARDIAN on THE JOYCE GIRL Funny, clever, tragic, poignant - THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY on THE JOYCE GIRL