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| - | {{Template}}'''Penguin Books''' is a [[British publisher]] founded in 1935 by [[Allen Lane]]. Lane's idea was to provide quality writing cheaply, for the same price as a pack of cigarettes. He also wanted them to be sold not only in bookshops but in railway stations, general stores and corner shops. Its most emblematic products are its [[paperback]]s. The first Penguin paperbacks were published in 1935, but at first only as an [[imprint]] of [[Bodley Head]] with the books originally distributed from a church [[crypt]]. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Penguin Books''' is a [[British publisher]] founded in 1935 by [[Allen Lane]]. Lane's idea was to provide quality writing cheaply, for the same price as a pack of cigarettes. He also wanted them to be sold not only in bookshops but in railway stations, general stores and corner shops. Its most emblematic products are its [[paperback]]s. The first Penguin paperbacks were published in 1935, but at first only as an [[imprint]] of [[Bodley Head]] with the books originally distributed from a church [[crypt]]. | ||
| + | ===Controversial publications -- ''Lady Chatterley'' to ''Denying the Holocaust''=== | ||
| + | Just as Lane well judged the public's appetite for paperbacks in the 1930s, his decision to publish ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' by [[D. H. Lawrence]] in 1960 boosted Penguin's notoriety. The novel was at the time unpublished in Britain and the predicted [[obscenity]] trial not only marked Penguin as a fearless publisher, it also helped drive the sale of at least 3.5 million copies. Penguin's victory in the case heralded the end to the [[censorship]] of books in Britain, although censorship of the written word was only finally defeated after the ''Inside Linda Lovelace'' trial of 1978. Other controversial titles published by Penguin include ''[[Spycatcher]]'' and ''[[The Satanic Verses (novel)|The Satanic Verses]]''. In the same tradition of courting controversy, Penguin published [[Deborah Lipstadt]]'s book ''Denying the Holocaust'' which accused [[David Irving]] of [[Holocaust denial]]. Irving sued Lipstadt and Penguin for libel in 1998 but lost in a widely publicised [[David Irving#Libel suit|trial]]. | ||
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Penguin Books is a British publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. Lane's idea was to provide quality writing cheaply, for the same price as a pack of cigarettes. He also wanted them to be sold not only in bookshops but in railway stations, general stores and corner shops. Its most emblematic products are its paperbacks. The first Penguin paperbacks were published in 1935, but at first only as an imprint of Bodley Head with the books originally distributed from a church crypt.
Controversial publications -- Lady Chatterley to Denying the Holocaust
Just as Lane well judged the public's appetite for paperbacks in the 1930s, his decision to publish Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence in 1960 boosted Penguin's notoriety. The novel was at the time unpublished in Britain and the predicted obscenity trial not only marked Penguin as a fearless publisher, it also helped drive the sale of at least 3.5 million copies. Penguin's victory in the case heralded the end to the censorship of books in Britain, although censorship of the written word was only finally defeated after the Inside Linda Lovelace trial of 1978. Other controversial titles published by Penguin include Spycatcher and The Satanic Verses. In the same tradition of courting controversy, Penguin published Deborah Lipstadt's book Denying the Holocaust which accused David Irving of Holocaust denial. Irving sued Lipstadt and Penguin for libel in 1998 but lost in a widely publicised trial.
