The Well Of Loneliness

A classic that sparked one of the most famous obscenity trials in history

Stephen Gordon is named for the son her parents always wanted. She explores masculinity as a teenager, cutting her hair short and hunting with her father, and gradually realises she is attracted to women. Becoming a writer and moving to bohemian Paris begins a journey of self discovery. Yet even when she joins an ambulance unit during World War I she is rejected by society in her quest to live life on her own terms.

This extraordinary classic charts her battle to be loved, from the battlefield to the bedroom. Will she ever find happiness?

The Well of Loneliness, once denounced as immoral and ordered to be burnt, has now sold millions of copies throughout the world and is hailed as a seminal classic. Today it is regarded as the classic novel of lesbian love.

Praise for The Well of Loneliness:

'Whoever we are, we tend to see ourselves in her' Terry Castle

'Beautifully written and constructed, with delightful prose. It is the standard-bearer; the lesbian The Grapes of Wrath - Lee Lynch

'One of the first and most influential contributions of gay and lesbian literature' - New Statesman

Radclyffe Hall was born on the south coast of England to an abusive mother and a playboy father. After this unhappy childhood, she inherited their estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose. She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Her novel The Well of Loneliness (1928) was banned in the U.K. until 1948, but is now hailed as a classic of lesbian literature. She wrote many other acclaimed novels, short stories, and poetry collections.

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