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The Trial Of Lady Chatterley's Lover - Couverture souple

Bedford, Sybille

 
9781907970979: The Trial Of Lady Chatterley's Lover
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1907970975 ISBN 13 : 9781907970979
Editeur : Daunt Books, 2016

Synopsis

'One of Britain's most stylish and accomplished writers.' -- Telegraph
When Penguin released a new, unexpurgated edition of D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover in 1960 they were charged with the crime of publishing obscene material and made to defend the book's literary merit in a court of law. Thus began one of the most famous trials of the 20th century.

There to take it all in was Sybille Bedford who, with her trademark wit and flair, presents us with a play-by-play of the trial: from the prosecution's questioning of the novel s thirteen 'unvarying' sex scenes and its 66 swear words, to the dozens of witnesses who testified including the Bishop of Woolwich and E. M. Forster.

Bedford gives us a timeless and dramatic account that captures one of the most fascinating and absurd moments in both legal and publishing history, when attitudes and morals shifted forever.

'Bedford's mind is radiant. Her alarming economy of style burns.' -- V.S. Pitchett

'An excellent stylist and a splendid narrator.' -- The New Yorker

'When the history of modern prose in English comes to be written, Sybille Bedford will have to appear in any list of its most dazzling practitioners.' -- Bruce Chatwin

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À propos de l'auteur

Sybille Bedford (1911-2006) was born in Charlottenburg, Germany, and grew up in Italy, France, and England. A Visit to Don Otavio was her first published book in 1953, and she followed it with three novels, A Legacy (1956), A Favourite of the Gods (1963), and A Compass Error (1968). Her semi-autobiographical novel, Jigsaw, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989. Her memoir, Quicksands, was published in 2005.

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Éditeur
Daunt Books
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1907970975
ISBN 13 
9781907970979
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
80
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Personne responsable
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