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Ottawa, Ontario: Prospero Books, 2001. Book. Illus. by Thomas Wilmer Dewing;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (vii) 313 pp. Quarter-bound in blaci cloth on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; beige endpapers; headband. The dustjacket features The Spinet by Thomas Wilmer Dewing, courtesy of the National Museum of American art. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of the central characters caused this controversial book, now considered a masterpiece, to be banned as pornography until 1960..
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D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover holds the distinguished title of being one the most banned books in history. Infamous for its explicit descriptions of sex and other vulgarities, it was only published openly in the United Kingdom in 1960. The book focused on the illicit affair between an upper-class woman and her lower-class gamekeeper, and it was received with outrage and intrigue, resulting in numerous abridged versions being published throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Because the first edition was so quickly banned from public consumption, there are many abridged and censored versions available, though few are as valuable as the original.
The first printings were bound with brown boards with an insignia of a phoenix gracing its front cover. The phoenix has remained a potent symbol for the book, in large part because of the book's victory in the infamous British Obscenity Trial in 1960.
D.H. Lawrence was a well-known English author who wrote many novels, short stories, and books of poetry. Not just an author, Lawrence was also a well-respected literary critic who wrote several essays regarding other famous writers, including Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman.
Because the first edition was so quickly banned from public consumption, there are many abridged and censored versions available, though few are as valuable as the original.
The first printings were bound with brown boards with an insignia of a phoenix gracing its front cover. The phoenix has remained a potent symbol for the book, in large part because of the book's victory in the infamous British Obscenity Trial in 1960.
D.H. Lawrence was a well-known English author who wrote many novels, short stories, and books of poetry. Not just an author, Lawrence was also a well-respected literary critic who wrote several essays regarding other famous writers, including Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman.
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- Title LadyChatterley's Lover
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- Publisher Prospero Classical Library, Ottawa, Ontario
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9781552671894
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Prospero Books, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 26-18-3. New For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. You Typed "Lady Chatterley's Lover Is A Novel By English Author D. H. Lawrence That Was First Published Privately In 1928 In Italy And In 1929 In France.[2] An Unexpurgated Edition Was Not Published Openly In The United Kingdom Until 1960, When It Was The Subject Of A Watershed Obscenity Trial Against The Publisher Penguin Books, Which Won The Case And Quickly Sold Three Million Copies.[2] The Book Was Also Banned For Obscenity In The United States, Canada, Australia, India And Japan. The Book Soon Became Notorious For Its Story Of The Physical (And Emotional) Relationship Between A Working-Class Man And An Upper-Class Woman, Its Explicit Descriptions Of Sex And Its Use Of Then-Unprintable Four-Letter Words." As Your Keyword, Did You Mean Lady Chatterleys Lover Is A Novel By English Author D H Lawrence That Was First Published Private In 1928 In Italy And In…
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