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 ⓘ