‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’: Know more about the book and what made it controversial in its time | Books and Literature News,The Indian Express

Not just in Europe, 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' was considered contentious in countries like the US, Australia, Canada, Japan and also India

One striking historical text that stirred sufficient controversy in its time was ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover‘ written by D H Lawrence in 1928. Back then, many people were not ready for it, but over the years, it came to be adapted on screen, like the 2015 BBC TV movie, and now in 2022, a Netflix film starring Emma Corrin as Lady Constance Chatterley and Jack O’Connell as Oliver Mellors. Find out more about the story, why it was banned, what the controversy was all about and other such facts.

‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover‘ was the last novel written by English author D H Lawrence — first published privately in 1928 in Italy, and then in 1929 in France. In the UK, its uncensored edition could not be published openly until 1960, owing to it being labelled ‘obscene’, perhaps because it was way ahead of its time.

There was even a trial against publishing house Penguin Books, which went on to win the case and then sell millions of copies of the book. But not just in Europe, ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover‘ was considered contentious in countries like the US, Australia, Canada, Japan and also India, which banned it for obscenity.

The controversy

Consider the fact that the book was released decades ago when societal values were different. The lead characters, Chatterley and Mellors, were both married to other people. While Chatterley’s husband Sir Clifford Chatterley is paralysed from the waist down because of a war injury, she develops an interest in Mellors, who is a gamekeeper.

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