The Well of Loneliness
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- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2015
Summary
A ground-breaking and moving lesbian novel that was banned in Britain on first publication.
This Pride month, discover the groundbreaking and moving lesbian novel that rocked the British establishment.
As a little girl, Stephen Gordon always felt different. A talent for sport, a hatred of dresses, and a preference for solitude were not considered suitable for a young lady of the Victorian upper-class. But when Stephen grows up and falls passionately in love with another woman,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784870324 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784870323 |
| Author: | Radclyffe Hall |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 418g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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Critics Review
Passionately felt and courageous
Passionately felt and courageous * Spectator *
A pioneering lesbian novel * Daily Telegraph *
Beautifully written and constructed, with delightful prose. It is the standard-bearer; the lesbian The Grapes of Wrath – Lee Lynch
About The Author
Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall, the pen name of Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, was born in Bournemouth on 12 August 1880. She was educated at King’s College, London, and later undertook further studies in Germany. Hall was renowned for her open homosexuality, a subject dealt with in her best-known novel, The Well of Loneliness (1928), a semi-autobiographical work and the only one of her eight novels to deal with overt lesbian themes. Her open treatment of lesbianism in The Well of Loneliness occasioned a trial for obscenity; it was banned and an appeal refused, which resulted in all copies in Britain being destroyed. The United States allowed its publication after a long court battle. She also published several volumes of verse including Twixt Earth and Stars- Poems (1906) and Songs of Three Counties and Other Poems (1913). Adam’s Breed (1926), a sensitive novel about the life of a restaurant keeper won the Prix Femina and the 1927 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. Hall died in 1943 at the age of 68 from cancer.
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