Writing

Three Faces of D. H. Lawrence

21 May 2025, 09:00

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CWC's Dr Alison MacLeod was named by The Economist magazine as an author who, alongside Doris Lessing, has 'rescued D. H. Lawrence's reputation'. Her most recent novel, Tenderness, tells the story of the creation and highly controversial obscenity trial of Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover.

You can hear Alison on BBC Radio 4 in the new series, Three Faces of D. H. Lawrence. As a contributor, Alison considers the writer she has loved since the age of 16, when she first read his novel Sons and Lovers and his poem 'Snake'.

You can also find all three episodes - 'Sex', 'Class' and 'Nature' - on BBC Sounds.