http://tags.library.upenn.edu/oliviajl/Penguin_Publishing PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/2630 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/2630 <p>Brief history of the Penguin publishing house, including statement on Lolita and censorship:&nbsp;</p><p><strong><span class="header">1958</span></strong>: Putnam publishes <strong>Lolita</strong> by Vladimir Nabakov, unleashing a storm of controversy. Banned by public libraries in some American cities&mdash;and officially banned by the government of France--the book becomes a best-seller. Along with Norman Mailer's <strong>Deer Park</strong>, published by Putnam in 1955, <strong>Lolita</strong> is a landmark victory against the threat of censorship.</p><strong></strong>