Sir Clifford Chatterley

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Sir Clifford Chatterley is the wealthy, paralyzed aristocratic husband in D. H. Lawrence’s novel "Lady Chatterley’s Lover," whose emotional and physical distance from his wife drives the story’s central affair.

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Sir Clifford Chatterley canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocrat
baronet
character in a novel
fictional character
husband
alsoKnownAs Clifford Chatterley
appearsIn Lady Chatterley’s Lover
centralTo plot of Lady Chatterley’s Lover
contrastsWith Oliver Mellors
createdBy D. H. Lawrence
disability paraplegic
emotionalArc increasingly absorbed in work and status
emotionalRelationshipTo distant from his wife
familyName Chatterley
firstPublicationContext Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928)
gender male
givenName Clifford
ideology industrial progress
intellectualism
injuryCause war injury
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod modernist literature
marriedTo Constance Chatterley
medium prose fiction
mobilityAid wheelchair
narrativeRole husband of the protagonist
obstacle to the lovers
nationality English
occupation industrialist
writer
owns Wragby Hall
linked to: Wragby estate
physicalCondition paralyzed
relatedWork various film adaptations of Lady Chatterley’s Lover
relationshipTo employer of Oliver Mellors
residence Midlands, England
Wragby Hall
linked to: Wragby estate
settingOfCharacter post–World War I England
sexualRelationshipTo impotent with his wife
socialClass upper class
symbolizes emotional sterility
modern industrial civilization
title Sir
warServedIn World War I
wealthStatus wealthy

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Lady Chatterley's Lover mainCharacter Sir Clifford Chatterley
Oliver Mellors employer Sir Clifford Chatterley
Oliver Mellors associatedWith Sir Clifford Chatterley