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【Abstract】Lady Chatterley’s Lover is D. H. Lawrence’s last novel. It is also one of the most controversial works in the world. A number of readers and critics only focus on its bold descriptions of sex， but they neglect the author’s serious motivation and deep thoughts about this topic. In addition， the remarkable descriptions of the environment in the novel， which fully show Lawrence’s views of the nature， is the other clue. Therefore， nature and sex are the very latitude and longitude to properly locate the novel， Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
【Key words】sex; nature; industrialization
【作者簡介】陈灏君（1985.07-），女，汉族，云南昆明人，昆明理工大学津桥学院，研究生，讲师，研究方向：英语语言文学。
As soon as Lady Chatterley’s Lover was first published in 1928， it was violently attacked and misread as a pornorgraphic writing and the author， D.H Lawrence， was also controversially criticized as “that dirty man”， “the prisoner of sex”， “son of woman”， “male chauvinist” and “an admirable astute politician”， who “saw in this two possibilities： it could grant women an autonomy and independence he feared and hated， or it could be manipulated to create a new order of dependence and subordination， another form of compliance to masculine direction and prerogative.” （Millett， 1970： 240-241） Since the judgement on July 21， 1959， in which Judge Bryan declared Lady Chatterley’s Lover was a literary masterwork that contained important ideas， a wave of re-evaluation and research has arisen.
However， the lastingly controversial criticisms the book received and its extraordinary experiences unintentionally divert readers’ major attentions——their heads are occupied by merely the theme of mentally and physically harmony in love affairs， but the other one is always neglected， that is， criticism of industrialization and return to nature. How to understand the two themes appropriately？ What the relations between them？ How does D. H. Lawrence weave his works with the two？ All these questions are a key to enter the door of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and to see its essence .
David Herbert Richards Lawrence is the fourth child of a “disharmonious” couple. His father， “Arthur John Lawrence is one of the last generation who manage to escape from compulsory education in England.” As a result， he barely writes down his name correctly and becomes a miner at 10. “He tries to sensually enjoy life”， such as drinking and chatting and “refuses to worry about the misfortunes in reality”. His mother， Lydia Beardsall， is “totally different， neither in character nor in breeding”. She reads a lot and writes poems. She prefers to discuss religious， philosophical and political issues with well-educated men. “She is inflexibly self-confident as if she would never make any mistakes”. （Aldington， 1999： 4-7） It is preditable that such a disharmonious couple nearly quarrel everyday and sometimes even resort to violence. The shadow induces Lawrence to think and debate about the mentally and physically harmony in relationship between men and women， even in a little more violent and radical way. “His deliberate decision to write about a woman’s adultery， to use taboo words， and to issue ‘my lady’ privately and under his own name insured him a choleric struggle with the ‘censor-morons.’” （Gertzman， 1989： 1）
“As the lily among thorns， so is my love among the daughters.” “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood， so is my beloved among the sons.” （The Bible， 2003： 651-652） For lovers， women are as beautiful as “lily” and men， as attractive as “apple tree”. Therefore， it is not strange at all that the love and sex between women and men are so fascinating and sweet. But， “the trees of the wood” can be a maze and “thorns” hurt.
【Key words】sex; nature; industrialization
【作者簡介】陈灏君（1985.07-），女，汉族，云南昆明人，昆明理工大学津桥学院，研究生，讲师，研究方向：英语语言文学。
As soon as Lady Chatterley’s Lover was first published in 1928， it was violently attacked and misread as a pornorgraphic writing and the author， D.H Lawrence， was also controversially criticized as “that dirty man”， “the prisoner of sex”， “son of woman”， “male chauvinist” and “an admirable astute politician”， who “saw in this two possibilities： it could grant women an autonomy and independence he feared and hated， or it could be manipulated to create a new order of dependence and subordination， another form of compliance to masculine direction and prerogative.” （Millett， 1970： 240-241） Since the judgement on July 21， 1959， in which Judge Bryan declared Lady Chatterley’s Lover was a literary masterwork that contained important ideas， a wave of re-evaluation and research has arisen.
However， the lastingly controversial criticisms the book received and its extraordinary experiences unintentionally divert readers’ major attentions——their heads are occupied by merely the theme of mentally and physically harmony in love affairs， but the other one is always neglected， that is， criticism of industrialization and return to nature. How to understand the two themes appropriately？ What the relations between them？ How does D. H. Lawrence weave his works with the two？ All these questions are a key to enter the door of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and to see its essence .
David Herbert Richards Lawrence is the fourth child of a “disharmonious” couple. His father， “Arthur John Lawrence is one of the last generation who manage to escape from compulsory education in England.” As a result， he barely writes down his name correctly and becomes a miner at 10. “He tries to sensually enjoy life”， such as drinking and chatting and “refuses to worry about the misfortunes in reality”. His mother， Lydia Beardsall， is “totally different， neither in character nor in breeding”. She reads a lot and writes poems. She prefers to discuss religious， philosophical and political issues with well-educated men. “She is inflexibly self-confident as if she would never make any mistakes”. （Aldington， 1999： 4-7） It is preditable that such a disharmonious couple nearly quarrel everyday and sometimes even resort to violence. The shadow induces Lawrence to think and debate about the mentally and physically harmony in relationship between men and women， even in a little more violent and radical way. “His deliberate decision to write about a woman’s adultery， to use taboo words， and to issue ‘my lady’ privately and under his own name insured him a choleric struggle with the ‘censor-morons.’” （Gertzman， 1989： 1）
“As the lily among thorns， so is my love among the daughters.” “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood， so is my beloved among the sons.” （The Bible， 2003： 651-652） For lovers， women are as beautiful as “lily” and men， as attractive as “apple tree”. Therefore， it is not strange at all that the love and sex between women and men are so fascinating and sweet. But， “the trees of the wood” can be a maze and “thorns” hurt.