The Well of Loneliness: An Englishwoman's Life Outside the Rules
Radclyffe Hall
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by John Constable, Walter Sickert and John Lavery. An upper-class Englishwoman named Stephen who was meant to be a boy, her ambulance service in the war, and the woman she loves. Published in 1928, tried for obscenity and ordered destroyed in Britain, where it was banned for over twenty years - the first English novel to argue openly for the right of a lesbian to exist. Fifty-eight paintings by Walter Sickert and John Constable, among others, trace the streets, shops and coasts of the world Stephen moves through between 1819 and 1919.
Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by John Constable, Walter Sickert and John Lavery. An upper-class Englishwoman named Stephen who was meant to be a boy, her ambulance service in the war, and the woman she loves. Published in 1928, tried for obscenity and ordered destroyed in Brit...
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Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943) was an English writer born in Bournemouth. She wrote poetry and novels, won the Prix Femina and the James Tait Black Prize for Adam's Breed, and lived openly with women. The prosecution of The Well of Loneliness became the most famous obscenity trial of its decade. Her works include The Well of Loneliness, Adam's Breed, and The Unlit Lamp.
Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943) was an English writer born in Bournemouth. She wrote poetry and novels, won the Prix Femina and the James Tait Black Prize for Adam's Breed, and lived openly with women. The prosecution of The Well of Loneliness became the most famous obscenity trial of its decade. Her ...
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