Frieda
The extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover. Germany 1907. Aristocrat Frieda von Richthofen has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her sisters in Munich, she is captivated by a city alive with ideas of revolution and free love, and, goaded by sibling rivalry with her sisters and the need to be more than mother and wife, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening.
England, 1912 Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious younger writer D. H. Lawrence. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that changes the course of literature forever.
But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at the terrible personal cost of home and family.
'Poignant' The Australian PRAISE FOR THE JOYCE GIRL 'A hugely impressive debut' Observer 'A powerful portrait of a young woman yearning to be an artist' Guardian 'The best 20th-century fiction of the year' Historical Novel Society
386 pages, 6 editions
English edition · First published 2018 by Two Roads · ISBN 9781473681026
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Editions
6 editions
English
- Frieda · Two Roads · 2018 · ISBN 9781473681026 This page
- Frieda · Two Roads · 2018 · ISBN 9781473681033
- Frieda · Two Roads · 2018 · ISBN 9781529300185
- Frieda · Two Roads · 2018 · ISBN 9781473691209
Italian
- Frieda · EINAUDI · 2020 · ISBN 9788858433430
- Frieda · Einaudi · 2020 · ISBN 9788806243517
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