The Well of Loneliness

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Author Radclyffe Hall
Summary 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.
Banning After becoming the target of a Sunday Express hate campaign this book became subject of a court case. In 1929 it was judged obscene by a British court and was not published again for twenty years.
ISBN 9780141191836
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