“Men and women aren't really dogs: they only look like it and behave like it. Somewhere inside there is a great chagrin and a gnawing discontent.”

A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover (1929)

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English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary crit… 1885–1930

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