THE WELL OF LONELINESS by Radclyffe Hall & Havelock Ellis (Hardcover 1928)
$150.00
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.
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.
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Hardcover, 8vo. 403pp. Grey cloth over boards. Author's signature in black on cover and black on spine. Shelf wear (rubbed head and toe of spine, bumped tips). Binding secure. Dust jacket present. Has voids at tips and head and toe of spine. Worn, but protected in mylar cover. No interior marks or foxing. Some toning to pages. Looks to be a more acidic paper. Nothing effecting text block.
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.
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.
(Goodreads)
Hardcover, 8vo. 403pp. Grey cloth over boards. Author's signature in black on cover and black on spine. Shelf wear (rubbed head and toe of spine, bumped tips). Binding secure. Dust jacket present. Has voids at tips and head and toe of spine. Worn, but protected in mylar cover. No interior marks or foxing. Some toning to pages. Looks to be a more acidic paper. Nothing effecting text block.
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.
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.
(Goodreads)
Hardcover, 8vo. 403pp. Grey cloth over boards. Author's signature in black on cover and black on spine. Shelf wear (rubbed head and toe of spine, bumped tips). Binding secure. Dust jacket present. Has voids at tips and head and toe of spine. Worn, but protected in mylar cover. No interior marks or foxing. Some toning to pages. Looks to be a more acidic paper. Nothing effecting text block.