The Well Of Loneliness
$37.99
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2008
Summary
A powerful novel of love between women, THE WELL OF LONELINESS brought about the most famous legal trial for obscenity in the history of British law. Banned on publication in 1928, it then went on to become a classic bestseller.
Stephen Gordon (named by a father desperate for a son) is not like other girls: she hunts, she fences, she reads books, wears trousers and longs to cut her hair.
As she grows up amidst the stifling grandeur of Morton Hall, the locals begin to draw away…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844085156 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844085155 |
| Author: | Radclyffe Hall, Diana Souhami |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 351g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
‘The archetypal lesbian novel, the one whose title, at least, is familiar to everyone’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
The bible of lesbianism * The Times *The outpouring of support Hall received from members of the public around the world, who wrote to thank her for creating, in her heroine Stephen Gordon, a character with whom they could identify – Alison Flood * Guardian *Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness still holds a place as a beacon for sexual self-discovery – Hephzibah Anderson * BBC Culture *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 LynchThe archetypal lesbian novel * Times Literary Supplement *One of the first and most influential contributions of gay and lesbian literature * New Statesman *Passionately felt and courageous * Spectator *
About The Author
Radclyffe Hall
Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall (1883-1943) was born in Hampshire and educated at King’s College Cambridge. She published five volumes of poetry and seven novels. THE WELL OF LONELINESS, describing the lesbian ‘invert’ Stephen, was banned on publication in 1928. Two years later she received the Eichelbergher Humane Award.
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