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The Well of Loneliness

The Well of Loneliness Paperback / softback - 1990

by Hall

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Originally published in 1928, Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness is the timeless story of a lesbian couple's struggle to be accepted by "polite" society. Shockingly candid for its time, this novel was the very first to condemn homophobic society for its unfair treatment of gays and lesbians.

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First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall's own life, it was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career.

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  • Title The Well of Loneliness
  • Author Hall
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1990-10-18
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780385416092
  • ISBN 9780385416092 / 0385416091
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.06 x 5.2 x 0.99 in (20.47 x 13.21 x 2.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Lesbians - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90035904
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Radclyffe Hall, the pen name of Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, was born in Bournemouth on August 12, 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 sixty-eight from cancer.

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