The Well of Loneliness
Radclyffe Hall
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Front cover text:
THE WELL OF LONELINESS
COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED
Denounced, banned, and applauded – the strange love story of a girl who stood midway between the sexes.
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Back cover text:
‘Why can’t I be normal?’
THE WELL OF LONELINESS by Radclyffe Hall has been denounced as immoral and praised as a fine and courageous piece of work.
It is the life story of Stephen Gordon, a sensitive girl whose parents ardently desired a son in her place. How Stephen developed a natural tendency toward masculinity, her tortured adolescence, and her love that the world – even her mother – condemned, is the theme of this extraordinary book.
The frankness and sincerity of Radclyffe Hall’s story, her delicate treatment of a difficult subject, will make this book as fascinating, thrilling – and thought-provoking – for you as for the millions who have already read it.
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Details
Genre | Award Winner; Grier Rated; Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Fiction; Pulp |
Copyright Date | 1928 |
Publication Date | 1932 |
Publisher | Covici-Friede |
Format | Hardcover |
No. of Pages | 506 |
Award | Publishing Triangle’s 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels |
Language | English |
Rating | Great |
Original Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Award | Publishing Triangle’s 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels |
Foreword Author | Havelock Ellis |
BookID | 14369 |