[8][9] "The book, according to a statement from Ferran, is a more simple, direct telling of the tale, with a few key differences.
Parkin, the gamekeeper, is here a simple man from the village who chose his profession over being a miner, so that he could preserve his solitude.
— Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times arts critic[10]This version originally published as an Italian translation Le Tre "Lady Chatterley".
In 2006, it was used as the basis of a French film adaptation called Lady Chatterley, directed by Pascale Ferran.
[15] [9] Comedian Spike Milligan parodied the story in his According to Spike Milligan series, under the title of D. H. Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane – Part II of Lady Chatterley's Lover.