John Thomas and Lady Jane is the second version of a story that was told in the infamous and controversial Lady Chatterley's Lover. John Thomas and Lady Jane are the pet names for the genitalia of the protagonists. The story concerns a young married woman, whose upper class husband has been paralyzed from the waist down due to an injury from war. In addition to physical limitations, his emotional neglect of his wife forces distance between the couple. Her emotional frustration leads her into an affair with the gamekeeper.

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. Some of the issues Lawrence explores are sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. Lawrence is best known for his novels Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover. In these books, Lawrence explores the possibilities for life within an industrial setting. In particular Lawrence is concerned with the nature of relationships that can be had within such a setting.