Frieda

10 hrs. 47 min.

Language Russian

Author Annabel Abbs

Narrator Lyudmila Chaykovskaya

Description

The true story of Lady Chatterley. This is the story of a woman who inspired David Herbert Lawrence to create his scandalous novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” It is the extraordinary fate of Frieda von Richthofen and the sadly infamous love affair that became synonymous with the ideas of sexual freedom. She left her husband, her children, and her status in society for a young aspiring writer. Her passion inspired him to write his most scandalous novel, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” She is… the real Lady Chatterley herself. Germany, 1907. At nineteen, Frieda von Richthofen marries the respected English-language professor, Ernest Weekley. From their first night, their intimate life disappoints Frieda. After several years of marriage and the birth of three children, the young woman travels to visit her sister in Munich, a city seized by the ideas of free love. There Frieda begins a passionate affair… “A gripping portrait of a woman who refused to compromise on what truly matters: to be known, to be loved, and to love.” — POLLY CLARKE, British writer “‘Frieda’—the cracked voice of a mother, a wife, a mistress, a muse, a woman. A voice calling for a fight for inner emancipation and for a necessary sexual revolution. The novel is the union of nature itself, the loud heartbeat of life. This is the artistic biography of Frieda von Richthofen and David Herbert Lawrence, whose souls instantly grow into each other. A soaring bird and a bud turned toward the warm light. You will love fiercely, judge quietly, hate passionately, and endlessly wonder: should freedom really have a price like that?” — KATYA OBRYZAN, book blogger.