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Brits were prevented from reading Lady Chatterley's Lover until 32 years after is was originally privately published, due to a law that criminalised the publication of writing considered immoral. A landmark 1960 obscenity case at the Old Bailey saw Penguin Books being found not guilty of publishing obscene material. The trial was the first major test of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act.
Brits were prevented from reading Lady Chatterley's Lover until 32 years after is was originally privately published, due to a law that criminalised the publication of writing considered immoral. A landmark 1960 obscenity case at the Old Bailey saw Penguin Books being found not guilty of publishing obscene material. The trial was the first major test of the 1959 Obscene Publications Act.