Lady Chatterley's Lover - Waterstone's Exclusive Penguin Classic
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Waterstone's exclusive Penguin Classics hardback edition. Banned in 1928, and when it was published here in 1960, this frank depiction of a young woman's sensual awakening was at the center of a sensational obscenity trial in 1963. Constance Chatterley is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. Oppressed by her dreary life, she finds refuge and regeneration in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper. But can she break out against the constraints of society, and yield to her instinctive desire for him?
Book details
Published
05/11/2009
Publisher
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780141192482
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UK Kirkus review
Lawrence's controversial descriptions of sexual union and use of four-letter words caused this story of the gamekeeper, the lady of the manor and the crippled husband to be banned in England until Penguin produced a complete text in 1960. They were prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 but were acquitted after a celebrated trial, a victory which had a profound effect on publishing thereafter. (Kirkus UK)
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