Dublin, Ireland: Roads Publishing, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. First Thus Classic work of class-mixing erotica. Some corner bumping in places and one spot on the back cover with some digging. Packed and shipped with care.

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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.

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Bookseller: Retrograde Media (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RM6129
Title: Lady Chatterley's Lover
Author: Lawrence, D.H
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1909399280
ISBN 13: 9781909399280
Publisher: Roads Publishing
Place of Publication: Dublin, Ireland
Date Published: 2014
Bookseller catalogs: Erotica;

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