When Penguin Released A New, Unexpurgated Edition Of D.h. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover In 1960 They Were Charged With The Crime Of Publishing Obscene Material. Penguin Was Forced To Defend The Book's Literary Merit In A Court Of Law -- Thus Beginning One Of The Most Famous Trials Of The 20th Century. There To Take It All In, Armed With Her Pencil And Paper, Was Sybille Bedford -- Who Wastes No Time Complaining About The Claustrophobia Of Courtroom 1 At The Old Bailey. With Her Trademark Wit And Flair, Bedford Presents Us With A Play-by-play Of The Trial: From The Prosecution's Questioning Of The Novel's Thirteen Sexual Encounters And Their Listing Of All 66 Instances Of Swear Words, To The Dozens Of Witnesses Who Testified -- Including The Bishop Of Woolwich And E. M. Forster. Bedford Gives Us A Timeless And Dramatic Account That Captures One Of The Most Fascinating And Absurd Moments In Both Legal And Publishing History, When Attitudes And Morals Shifted Forever.--inside Cover. Sybille Bedford; With An Introduction By Thomas Grant. This Text Originally Appeared In Esquire, 1959-60. Title Page Verso.
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- Literature & Fiction
- History & Criticism
- Movements & Periods
- History & Criticism
Publisher : Daunt Books
Author : Sybille-Bedford
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2016-10-27
Number Of Pages : 80
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1907970975
ISBN-13 : 9781907970979
Item weight : 0.26 lb
Dimensions : 0.55 in x 4.17 in x 6.85 in
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