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The Lady Chattery Lover's TRIAL had issues raised on the whether or not the book was an obscene book within the meaning of the law. Questions posed whether this books should be tolerated in the sense that it may tend to deprave, corrupt or induce promiscuity within a conservative contemporary society.

The paragraph immediately following the "Controversy" heading seems like it has been cut from the following paragraph. There are references to the outcome of the trial before mention of the trial itself is made. It is rather confusing, and needs to be reworded. I am not going to fix this problem, since I don't know much about the subject material, but someone should fix it.

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I have heard a story that when a defense lawyer in the obscenity trial was asked if Lady Chatterley's lover was a book he would want his wife or servants to read, he responded "I would not object to my wife reading it, but I would have some concerns about my gamekeeper." Does anyone know if this is a real quote or if it is apocryphal? Is it worth mentioning as an apocryphal story if it cannot be confirmed? 205.172.21.142 18:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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Lady Chatterly bourgeois? Is she not a member of the aristocracy, being a "Lady"? I can't remember what her hubby's rank was. Will someone fix it, or do I need to read the book again? (Ick.) Trxi 09:43, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

MRB 02:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)Trxi-Sir Clifford was a baronet...not sure if that was aristocracy or not.

Sorry to post so many times-I'm new to this, so it is sort of confusing...I just checked-baronet IS aristocracy. I shall change it. MRB 02:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)