The Well of Loneliness

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 |