the well of loneliness
by radclyffe hall
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About This Item
garden city, new york: sundial press, 1928. early edition, 1928.
important and initially controversial lesbian novel. judged obscene by a british court, the book was not published there again until 1949. publicity following the legal battles contributed to increased lesbian visibility in the united states and england.
garden city, new york: sundial press. 5.5 x 8". 6 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: some water damage to spine. very good+. jacket condition: small chips and losses to front cover, back cover, and spine. unclipped. good+.
important and initially controversial lesbian novel. judged obscene by a british court, the book was not published there again until 1949. publicity following the legal battles contributed to increased lesbian visibility in the united states and england.
garden city, new york: sundial press. 5.5 x 8". 6 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: some water damage to spine. very good+. jacket condition: small chips and losses to front cover, back cover, and spine. unclipped. good+.
Synopsis
The Well of Loneliness is a 1928 lesbian novel by the English author Radclyffe Hall. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose "sexual inversion" (that is, homosexuality) is apparent from an early age. She finds love with Mary Llewellyn, whom she meets while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, but their happiness together is marred by social isolation and rejection, which Hall depicts as having a debilitating effect on inverts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- leaves (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 698
- Title
- the well of loneliness
- Author
- radclyffe hall
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- sundial press
- Place of Publication
- garden city, new york
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Good+
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
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- Jacket
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