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This month marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous Chatterley Trial, contesting the literary value of DH Lawrence’s controversial last novel.

On 2 November 1960 at the Old Bailey, the jurors gathered to deliver their verdict in the case of the Crown versus Penguin Books Limited. It was the sixth day of a sensational test trial for the newly-amended Obscene Publications Act of 1959, and on their decision rested the fate of DH Lawrence’s last novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover.