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PublisherWordsworth Editions, The Limited

ISBN-10184022455X

ISBN-139781840224559

eBay Product ID (ePID)28038665650

Product Key Features

Book TitleWell of Loneliness

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Lgbt / Lesbian

Publication Year2006

GenreFiction

AuthorRadclyffe Hall, Esther Saxey

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal823

SynopsisThe 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., '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.

LC Classification NumberPR6015.A33