In The Broadcasting Standards Council was set up in order to regulate published material and levels of decency. By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, see our cookie policy.
Sign up for our e-newsletter. Penguin, however, believed it had a case, as the Obscene Publications Act provided a defence against prosecution if a book considered obscene could be proved to have redeeming social merit.
The prosecution called no witnesses, but its arguments such as the quote opposite were a cause of amusement in the courtroom — perhaps a sign of changing moral attitudes in Britain. The proposed price of the novel was also raised by the prosecution as a cause for concern — at just 3s 6d, it was deemed cheap enough for almost anyone to read.
On the first day that the book went on sale after the trial, bookshops across Britain sold out; Selfridges claimed to have sold copies in minutes, though young female shop assistants were allowed to refuse to handle it.
Though Lady Chatterley might not have had much to teach audiences of the s about love, she did have something to remind the publishers of the era: sex, as ever, sells.
Write to Lily Rothman at lily. November Two women outside a book shop in London, with paperback copies of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' by D H Lawrence, after a jury at the Old Bailey decided that it was not obscene.
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