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'It's rather different from selling an ordinary book': How Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned – and became a bestseller
www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241031-how-lady-chat…
The UK publication of DH Lawrence's ….. , Lady Chatterley's Lover, gripped the nation in 1960.
The UK publication of DH Lawrence's novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, gripped the nation in 1960.
This article looks at the highly publicised trial that led to its …… – and the rush to see what all the ……. was about.
This article looks at the highly publicised trial that led to its release – and the rush to see what all the fuss was about.
Until November 1960, British people were prevented from reading Lady Chatterley's Lover by a …… that ……… the publication of writing considered indecent and immoral.
Until November 1960, British people were prevented from reading Lady Chatterley's Lover by a law that criminalised the publication of writing considered indecent and immoral.
The British publishing ….. , Penguin Books, wanted to …….. the Obscene Publications Act by printing a complete, …… edition of DH Lawrence's book.
The British publishing house, Penguin Books, wanted to challenge the Obscene Publications Act by printing a complete, uncensored edition of DH Lawrence's book.
The resulting trial symbolised social changes that had been …… under in the years since World War Two, and demonstrated the …… between the public and those who saw themselves as the guardians of established morals.
The resulting trial symbolised social changes that had been bubbling under in the years since World War Two, and demonstrated the gulf between the public and those who saw themselves as the guardians of established morals.
Lady Chatterley's Lover had been published privately in Italy and France in the late 1920s, but was banned …….. in several countries around the world …….. the US, Australia and Japan.
Lady Chatterley's Lover had been published privately in Italy and France in the late 1920s, but was banned thereafter in several countries around the world including the US, Australia and Japan.
In the years ……. up to the trial, writers and publishers in Britain had become increasingly worried by the number of books being prosecuted for ……….
In the years leading up to the trial, writers and publishers in Britain had become increasingly worried by the number of books being prosecuted for obscenity.
In an attempt to ……. these fears, the UK's Parliament introduced a new Obscene Publications Act in 1959 that promised "to …… for the protection of literature and to strengthen the law concerning pornography".
In an attempt to allay these fears, the UK's Parliament introduced a new Obscene Publications Act in 1959 that promised "to provide for the protection of literature and to strengthen the law concerning pornography".
This amendment provided a …… for anyone accused of publishing a "……. book".
This amendment provided a defence for anyone accused of publishing a "dirty book".
It allowed them to argue that a piece of work should be published if it had literary …… , even if the average person found its material ……..
It allowed them to argue that a piece of work should be published if it had literary merit, even if the average person found its material shocking.
Lady Chatterley's Lover was considered …….. as it ….. a passionate relationship between an upper-class woman, Lady Constance Chatterley, and a working-class man, Oliver Mellors.
was considered controversial as it depicted a passionate relationship
The novel includes ……. words and …….. descriptions of sex.
The novel includes swear words and explicit descriptions of sex.
Lawrence said that he hoped to …….. sex as something that was ……. in literature.
he hoped to reclaim sex as something that was acceptable in literature.
He wanted to "make the sex relations in the novel valid and precious, instead of ……..".
Valid and precious, instead of shameful".
In 1960, Penguin was ready to ….. the Obscene Publications Act.
In 1960, Penguin was ready to test the Obscene Publications Act.
They wrote to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) and …… that they would be publishing an ……. version of the book.
and warned that they would be publishing an original version of the book.
In August that year, Reginald Manningham-Buller, the chief legal ……… to the Crown, read the first four chapters of the novel while travelling on a boat train to Southampton.
the chief legal adviser to the Crown,
He wrote to the DPP, …… legal proceedings against Penguin.
approving legal proceedings
"I hope you get a …… ," he said.
"I hope you get a conviction," he said.
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