Banned Books: Lady Chatterly's Lover

Examiner ^ | September 7, 2010 | Martha

[usalady]

When D.H. Lawrence finished the last and final writing of Lady Chatterly's Lover, he was not surprised to find resistance from literary agents and publishers. Urged to change the text so that could be published as a work of literary merit, he refused to remove the sex and four-letter words that made it objectionable.

[usalady]

At the time, Lawrence's health was failing and as he wrote later in "A Propos of Lady Chatterly's Lover", he was tempted to make the requested changes for money but doing so was impossible for him. He refused to meet the demands of what he called the "censor morons.

[DJ MacWoW]

And everybody read his book as porn instead of as a literary achievement.

[Vinnie]

I refuse to admit to that. ( gulp)

[Savage Beast]

I vaguely remember reading that book when I was a teenager. As I recall it was a struggle to get through it—boring—and the sex was untittilating. At least about all I remember is being bored and untittilated.

[DJ MacWoW]

I did. Back in the 60’s it was naughty to read that and I think Forever Amber.

[xrmusn]

I did. Back in the 60’s it was naughty to read that
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One ‘dirty’ movie I remember NOT being able to see was
“From Here to Eternity”
The ‘Legion of Decency’ had banned it so being a ‘good’ young Catholic lad, I was forbidden to see it.
It was too new when I was in the Navy for us Gators to get it aboard ship and I never really got (or took the time) to see it until I was 40 or thereabouts.
By then couldn’t figure out what all the ‘problem’ was, though that beach scene is still pretty ‘hot’, but you can basically get worse than that on TV these days.

[DJ MacWoW]

you can basically get worse than that on TV these days.

But you couldn't back then. And Ricky and Lucy had twin beds. So did Rob and Laura. ;-)

[FrdmLvr]

And I don’t even think Ward and June HAD a bedroom!

[DJ MacWoW]

Geeze! I think you’re right.