"Lady Chatterley's Lover" Is Among These Iconic Books That Have Been Banned

From its first publication in the late 1920s, D.H. Lawrence's novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ($6) faced frequent censorship and bowdlerization. The novel, which centers on an aristocratic woman's affair with a gamekeeper after her husband's war injury, even led to a landmark obscenity case against publisher Penguin Books in the UK in 1960, which Penguin won. It also has been banned at various times in other countries, including the US, for profanity and sexual content. In fact, the court opinion that eventually allowed the book to be published in the US first set the "redeeming social or literary value" defense against obscenity charges.