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Pascale Ferran's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

Metro Silicon Valley | August 1, 2007

Nothing could be less like our popular idea of Lady Chatterley's Lover, of the unstoppable force of the working class meeting the immovable object of the ruling class.

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Metro Silicon Valley | Richard von Busack | 10-15-2009 | Nonfiction

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Pascale Ferran's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

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Quentin Tarantino Upends War Movies with 'Inglourious Basterds'new

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