By Canadian Press

UK halts export of ‘Lady Chatterley’ copy from famous trial

May 13, 2019 | 8:30 AM

LONDON — The British government has used its powers to preserve the nation’s cultural treasures to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”

The copy of the once-scandalous book was used by the judge in the U.K. obscenity trial of Penguin Books, prosecuted in 1960 for publishing D.H. Lawrence’s novel about an affair between a wealthy woman and her husband’s gamekeeper.

A prosecution lawyer infamously asked in court whether it was “a book that you would … wish your wife or your servants to read?”

The book was sold to an anonymous overseas bidder at a Sotheby’s auction in October for 56,250 pounds ($73,000).

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The government’s decision Monday halts the export for several months to see whether a buyer can be found to keep it in Britain.

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