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R v Penguin Books Ltd [a] (also known as The Lady Chatterley Trial ), was the public prosecution in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 [b] for the publication of D. H. Lawrence 's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. The trial took place over six days, in No 1 court of the Old Bailey, between ...
2 nov 2020 · The Chatterley Trial 60 years on: a court case that secured free expression in 1960s Britain. Published: November 2, 2020 11:09am EST. Judge’s copy: the copy of the novel belonging to the judge...
- Lois Bibbings
19 ott 2020 · The legal action was a criminal prosecution for the planned publication of Penguin Book no. 1484, better known as Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence. The trial began 60 years ago today, on 20 October 1960, and barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC says “no other jury verdict in British history has had such a deep social impact”.
22 ott 2010 · The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover. No other jury verdict has had such a profound social impact as the acquittal of Penguin Books in the Lady Chatterley trial. Fifty years on,...
16 ott 2019 · On 2 November 1960, after a six-day trial, British publishing house Penguin Books was found ‘not guilty’ under the Obscene Publications Act for its printing of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. The landmark ruling had a significant impact on the publishing world, paving the way for greater freedom of the written word.
Exploring themes relating to class divide, industrialisation and the mind vs. body, the novel drew ire for its explicit sexual content and language, and for so brazenly depicting a lustful inter-class relationship. David Herbert Lawrence, author of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’.
The book was banned in Australia, and a book describing the British trial, The Trial of Lady Chatterley, was also banned. In 1965 a copy of the British edition was smuggled into the country by Alexander William Sheppard , Leon Fink, and Ken Buckley, and then a run of 10,000 copies was printed and sold nationwide.
