The last novel by Lawrence, Lady Chatterly’s Lover (1928), scandalized with the boldness of its erotic scenes and its publication was banned. It took several years for the author's name to be restored and the misunderstanding of the work to be rectified.

Thus, Lady Chatterly’s Lover was read as a sincere, albeit bold for its time, expression of protest against the suppression of the sexual instinct, which Lawrence regarded as a healthy and authentic manifestation of human vitality.

This final work was nothing less than the epitome of the author's belief in a return to primitivism, which he saw as the sole solution for the regeneration of the degenerated industrial society corrupted by civilization and the primal human vitality.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]