Allen Lane married Letitia Lucy Orr, daughter of Sir Charles Orr, on 28 June 1941 and had three daughters: Clare, Christine, and Anna.
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11 Facts About Allen Lane
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The legend goes that on a train journey back from visiting Agatha Christie in 1934, Allen Lane found himself on an Exeter station platform with nothing available worth reading.
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Allen Lane was well aware of the Hamburg publisher Albatross Books and adopted many of its innovations.
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Allen Lane was very stubborn when it came to his company; he operated mainly on intuition and imagination.
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Allen Lane had decided that the books would be reprints so he needed to approach other publishers to see if they and their authors would be willing to sublease the rights of the books.
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Allen Lane was quoted as saying, "I have never been able to understand why cheap books should not be well designed, for good design is no more expensive than bad.
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Allen Lane was sent to the Zoo in Regents Park to sketch penguins for the cover.
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Allen Lane wanted a cover design that was consistent and easily recognizable.
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In 1965, during an attempt by chief editor Tony Godwin and the board of directors to remove him, Allen Lane stole and burnt the entire print run of the French cartoonist Sine's book Massacre, which was reportedly deeply offensive.
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Allen Lane dismissed Godwin, and retained control of Penguin, but was forced to retire shortly afterwards after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
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In 2010, Penguin Random House Canada launched an imprint named for Allen Lane to publish prestige non-fiction by established authors.
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