Oliver Mellors

Oliver Mellors, title character of the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover (privately published 1928) by English writer D.H. Lawrence. To Lawrence, Mellors symbolized raw animal passion, natural manhood, and untamed sexuality.

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Article Title: Oliver Mellors

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 11 February 2011

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