The Well of Loneliness (Wordsworth Classics)

Radclyffe Hall

ISBN 10: 184022455X / ISBN 13: 9781840224559

Published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Well of Loneliness (Wordsworth Classics)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184022455X
• ISBN 13: 9781840224559
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall 'As a man loved a woman, that was how I loved...It was good, good, good...' Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. The Well of Loneliness was banned for obscenity when published in 1928. It became an international bestseller, and for decades was the single most famous lesbian novel. It has influenced how love between women is understood, for the twentieth century and beyond.

About the Author

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.