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In the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, publisher Penguin Books was acquitted of obscenity for the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence.
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R v Penguin Books Ltd
1960 UK court case on obscenity laws
R v Penguin Books Ltd, was the public prosecution in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 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,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Penguin Books
British publishing house
Penguin Books Limited is an English publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers the Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Obscenity
Act or statement that offends the morality of the period
An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin obscēnus, obscaenus, "boding ill; disgusting; indecent", of uncertain etymology. Generally, the term can be used to indicate strong moral repugnance and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1928 novel by D. H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover is the final novel by the English author D. H. Lawrence, first published privately in 1928, in Florence, and in 1929, in Paris. An unexpurgated edition was not published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960, when it was the subject of a watershed…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
D. H. Lawrence
English writer and poet (1885–1930)
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialization, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)