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David Herbert Lawrence ( 1885-1930 ), British writer. B.N.F.

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DH (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist and poet

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D.H.Lawrence.

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David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930), English writer, by Joep Nicolas.

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D H LAWRENCE IN 1908, FULL OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM;LARENCE IN 1928, EXHAUSTED BY ILLNESS AND EMOTIONAL STRESS GENERATED BY THE HYSTERICAL PUBLIC REACTION TO HIS NOVEL

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D H Lawrence (R) with Aldous Huxley at Bandol. 1929

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John Murry , Frieda Lawrence (wife of DH) and DH Lawrence

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Frieda Lawrence when she was Frieda Weekly with her first child, Charles Montague, in 1901 from her first marriage with Ernest Weekley. She was a distant relative of the 'Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen but became famous as the wife of the British novelist D. H. Lawrence

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London: Gerald Gardiner, Q.C., is leading into two of the biggest court cases of the day. He’s leading for Mr. Randolph Churchill in Mr. Churchill slander action against Mr. Gerald Nabarro in the high court and the will be leading the defence in the " Lady Chatterley’s Lover" trial. Picture shows Mr. Gerald Gardiner Q.C..<br>27th October, 1960<br>

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Dame Rebecca West on her way to the Old Bailey to give evidence in the Lady Chatterley trial <br>27th October 1960.

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Crowds waiting outside the Old Bailey at the opening of the " Lady Chatterley's Lover " trial in which Penguin books are accused  under the  Obscene Publications Act of 1959.  It is expected to be one of the most colourful trials in the English Legal History.<br>20th October 1960

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Lady Chatterley's Lover - case opens at the Old Bailey.  A queue formed outside the Old Bailey at the opening of the trial against the Penguin Books Ltd., who have been summonsed under the Obscene Publications Act 1969 for the publication of the unexpurgated edition of D. H. Lawrence's controversial novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.  The trial was expected to last at least five days and attracted interest from the world's literary exports. - 20th October 1960<br>©TopFoto

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Smiling Sir Allen Lane, Chairman of Penguin Books, shows his audience an orange and white paper-backed copy of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover during a Press conference at the company's offices in High Holborn, London, after an Old Bailey jury had reached a verdict which means that Lady Chatterley's Lover can be published in Britain just as Lawrence wrote it.  (The jury decided that the Penguin Book Company Ltd. were not guilty of publishing an obscene article - an unexpurgated version of the novel).  Sir Allen said it would probably be another week when the public could buy the book.  200,000 have been printed so far and another 200,000 to 300,000 will probably be printed. - 2nd November 1960<br>©TopFoto

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Holding an orange and white paper-backed copy of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sir Allen Lane, Chairman of Penguin Books, is pictured as he addressed a Press conference at the company's offices in High Holborn, London, after an Old Bailey jury had reached a verdict which means that the novel can be published in Britain just as Lawrence wrote it.  The jury decided that the Penguin Book Company Ltd were not guilty of publishing an obscene article - an unexpurgated version of the novel.  Sir Allen said it would probably be another week when the public could buy the book.  200,000 were printed so far and another 200,000 or 300,000 would probably follow.  2nd November 1960.<br>©TopFoto

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Smiling Sir Allen Lane, Chairman of Penguin Books, during a Press conference at the company's offices in High Holborn, London, after an Old Bailey jury had reached a verdict which means that Lady Chatterley's Lover can be published in Britain just as Lawrence wrote it.  (The jury decided that the Penguin Book Company Ltd. were not guilty of publishing an obscene article - an unexpurgated version of the novel).  Sir Allen said it would probably be another week when the public could buy the book.  200,000 have been printed so far and another 200,000 to 300,000 will probably be printed. - 2nd November 1960<br>©TopFoto

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The Penguin Books building at Harmondsworth Middlesex.<br>The firm moved to this factory in 1937 from its premises in the crypt of the Holy Trinity Church Euston Road London. <br>

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Lady Chatterley's Lover, the controversial novel by D. H. Lawrence, is packed at the Penguin Books Warehouses in Harmondsworth, Middlesex, on 2nd November 1960, for distribution and sale throughout the United Kingdom.  The book got the green light from a jury of nine men and three women at the Old Bailey in London who found Penguin Books not guilty of publishing an obscene article.<br>©TopFoto / AP

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D.H.Lawrence's famous novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover. Penguin Books Ltd, won the right to sell the unexpurgated version after a trial for obscenity. 3.11.1960

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Parcels of paper-backed copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover, the controversial novel by D. H. Lawrence, stacked from floor to ceiling in the warehouse of Penguin Books at Harmondsworth (Middlesex) factory. The book is already being distributed all over the country following its vindication in a test case trial which ended after an Old Bailey jury had decided that the Penguin Book Company Ltd were not guilty of pulishing an obscene article - an unexpurgated version of the novel.  This verdict means that Lady Chatterley's Lover can be published in Britain just as D. H. Lawrence wrote it.  Sir Allen Lane, Chairman of Penguin Books, said that 200,000 copies had been printed so far and that the public would probably be able to buy the book in a week's time. - 2nd November 1960<br>©TopFoto / AP

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Parcels of paper-backed copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover, the controversial novel by D. H. Lawrence, stacked from floor to ceiling in the warehouse of Penguin Books at Harmondsworth (Middlesex) factory. The book is already being distributed all over the country following its vindication in a test case trial which ended after an Old Bailey jury had decided that the Penguin Book Company Ltd were not guilty of pulishing an obscene article - an unexpurgated version of the novel.  This verdict means that Lady Chatterley's Lover can be published in Britain just as D. H. Lawrence wrote it.  Sir Allen Lane, Chairman of Penguin Books, said that 200,000 copies had been printed so far and that the public would probably be able to buy the book in a week's time. - 2nd November 1960<br>©TopFoto / AP

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Parcels of paper-backed copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover, the controversial novel by D. H. Lawrence, are seen being loaded into a van at the Harmondsworth (Middlesex) factory of Penguin Books.  The job of distributing the books began after an Old Bailey jury had decided that the Penguin Book Company Ltd were not guilty of pulishing an obscene article - an unexpurgated version of the novel.  This verdict means that Lady Chatterley's Lover can be published in Britain just as D. H. Lawrence wrote it.  Sir Allen Lane, Chairman of Penguin Books, said that 200,000 copies had been printed so far and that the public would probably be able to buy the book in a week's time. - 2nd November 1960<br>©TopFoto

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London: Notorious Lady Chatterley and her game keeper lover are very popular in the Notting Hill area. The underground Station book stall has been inundated with would be readers of the D.H. Lawrence classic unexpurgated edition which is allowed to be sold as from today as the result of the Old Bailey Trial, in which Lady &quotC" and Penguin Books won their case.<br>10 November 1960

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After the victory for Penguin Books Ltd, at the Old Bailey today when the jury decided that D H Lawrence's novel &quotLady Chatterley's Lover" is not obscene, Mrs Phyllis Nicholls, 21, of Hayes, Middlesex, puts the first copies of the paperback edition on the stand at the Penguin offices and works at Harmondsworth, Middlesex today. As a result of the case the 1960 paperback Penguin Edition will be the first unexpurgated publication of the novel to be put on sale in Britain - 2nd November 1960

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London: Window Cleaner Stan Buckle pauses in the act of cleaning shop premises windows in London’s Leicester Square at midday today. He reads how a legend gamekeeper went about his duties. Many lunchtime Londoners today were reading that hitherto forbidden book, D.H. Lawrence’s classic " Lady Chatterley’s Lover" and by the look of things windows along Charing crossroads will remain grimy today. <br>10 November, 1960<br>

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Lady Chatterley's Lover on sale with queues waiting to buy it in Leicester Square at twelve o'clock noon on 10th November 1960.  One London bookstall reported having sold over thirty copies of the D. H. Lawrence book in the first ten minutes - price three shillings and sixpence (17.5p.) and strictly rationed.  Eager workers are seen here spending their lunch hour devouring what has hithrto been forbidden fruit.<br>©TopFoto

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After the victory for Penguin Books Ltd, at the Old Bailey today when the jury decided that D H Lawrence's novel &quotLady Chatterley's Lover" is not obscene, Mrs Phyllis Nicholls, 21, of Hayes, Middlesex, puts the first copies of the paperback edition on the stand at the Penguin offices and works at Harmondsworth, Middlesex today. As a result of the case the 1960 paperback Penguin Edition will be the first unexpurgated publication of the novel to be put on sale in Britain - 2nd November 1960. Picture shows lunchtime Londoners eagerly awaiting the nearby clock to strike noon for then they would be able to buy the much publicised slim edition of &quotLady Chatterley's Lover" on sale this time in Leicester Square.

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Artefacts in the library of the University of Texas belonging to D.H.Lawrence. Two notebooks containing  the third version of Lady Chatterley's Lover; Wome in Love and his lapis lazuli seal.

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D.H. Lawrence - the last home in New Mexico Rancho Kiowa including a buffalo painting he did himself on the outside wall

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D H Lawrence - the log cabin in New Mexico.<br>July 13th 1980<br>

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DH Lawrence festival In New Mexico. The Shrine containing his ashes

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Sylvia Kristel as Lady Chatterley, a sensual society woman, and Nicholas Clay as Mellors the gamekeeper in a scene from the film adaptation of the controversial book Lady Chatterley's Lover<br>Sylvia Kristel (September 28, 1952 in Utrecht) is a Dutch actress, model and singer. <br>Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay (September 18, 1946 - May 25, 2000) was a British actor.<br>©TopFoto<br>

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'Lady Chatterley' by Ken Russell. Made in GB, 1995. <br>Credit: KPA / HIP / TopFoto

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<br><br><br>Left: NICHOLAS CLAY<br>British Actor<br>with Right: SYLVIA KRISTEL<br>French Actress<br>In a scene from the film &quotLady Chatterley's Lover"<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>PAB 424893   22.10.1981

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