Tereska Torres | By Cecile | Cecile,’At 22, she was famous, innocent and vulnerable.’ At 23 she had a man 20 years older whose infidelities she tolerated, and was attracted to a w
Radclyffe Hall | The Well of Loneliness | 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 outrig
Maureen Duffy | The Microcosm | This novel, which opens and closes at a London club for the gay girls, is an expository, explicit, communal, interior view; while it occasionally refe
Robert Aickman | The Late Breakfasters | A novel of disturbing wit gaily unpredictable rich in eccentrics often very funny always delightful. Young Griselda de Reptonville is invited
Ann Bannon | I Am a Woman | She looked round the Cellar with Laura following her gaze. ‘I know most of the girls here…I’ve probably slept with half of them. I’ve lived with hal
