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The Well of Loneliness
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781840224559
ISBN: 184022455X
Label: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2006-05
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Studio: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Editorial Review:
First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Hall's own life, it was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Fast and easy purchase
Purchased the book and within three days received it. Great, fast, consistent, service. Thank you.
Rating: - Truly Thought Provoking
I am usually a fast reader, however, it has taken me about a week to finish this book, simply because after reading a few pages, I begin to think about some of the deeper questions asked in the novel. It almost makes me sick to have graduated college, I think this book would be a great discussion piece in some of the literature/ sexual identity classes I took. I think this novel is important for everyone to read.
Rating: - Classic
This is a wonderful book for those interested in LGBT history. Though it has mostly been considered a lesbian book, it also explores the world of gender nonconformity and trans.
I highly recommend it.
Rating: - To Julia
Thanks for your in depth review, Julia.
But STOP SHOUTING.
You do know that all capital means "shouting" in web posting, don't you?
Rating: - extremely well written romantic tragedy
The first thing I noticed about Radclyffe Hall's "The Well of Loneliness," was the beautiful descriptive exposition. Before the novel delves too far into modernism, it is apparent that it is hedging out the Victorian. Descriptions of the English countryside, of London and of Paris are some of the finest written in English. Not only this but the painstaking care the Hall takes to describe her characters, though even Stephen remains a bit fuzzy to me, are lovely and purposeful. Her sense of loss, loneliness ... Read More
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