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The verdict was an important victory for freedom of expression, and saw publishing in Britain become considerably more liberal. It also shifted views on major human rights issues including the legalisation of homosexuality and abortion, the abolition of the death penalty and divorce reform. Now, almost 60 years later, the trial remains the landmark case in British obscenity law, and its wider cultural and historic significance was demonstrated earlier this year.
The previous year had seen the enactment of the Obscene Publications Act , which introduced a defence for publishers if they showed that a work was of literary merit and for the public good. The landmark ruling had a significant impact on the publishing world, paving the way for greater freedom of the written word.
The novel depicts an upper-class woman who embarks on an affair with her working-class gamekeeper. Her husband had been paralysed during World War I, which had created emotional and physical distance in the relationship. As well as dealing with the controversial subjects of adultery and inter-class relationships, the novel was extremely sexually explicit and contained words that were considered unprintable at the time.
Lawrence did not live to see the uproar his novel caused as he died in
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