The Well of Loneliness (Virago Modern Classics)
by Radclyffe Hall, Alison Hennegan | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0860682544 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0860682544 Global Overview for this book
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Book Description
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 from her, aware of some indefinable thing that sets her apart. And when Stephen Gordon reaches maturity, she falls passionately in love - with another woman.
Was expecting this to be heavy going, but it was very absorbing, a really good read.
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 from her, aware of some indefinable thing that sets her apart. And when Stephen Gordon reaches maturity, she falls passionately in love - with another woman.
Was expecting this to be heavy going, but it was very absorbing, a really good read.
Journal Entry 2 by cally-c at 1001-Library, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/16/2008 UTC) at 1001-Library, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Selected from cally-c's 1001 bookbox.
On the whole one of the better 1001BTRBYD. Re-reading cally-c's original JE it's interestiing to see how opinions have changed over time.
Planning to send this as a RABCK to Stubee and KT-J along with another 1001 bookring I'm now reading.
Planning to send this as a RABCK to Stubee and KT-J along with another 1001 bookring I'm now reading.
What a surprise when this showed up with Ethan Frome! Thanks very much brunton11 for the RABCK, I'll look forward to reading this once I've cleared my bookring pile!