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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385416091
ISBN-139780385416092
eBay Product ID (ePID)440438
Product Key Features
Book TitleWell of Loneliness : the Classic of Lesbian Fiction
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
TopicClassics, Contemporary Women, Lgbt / Lesbian, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorRadclyffe Hall
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12.9 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-035904
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823.912
SynopsisFirst 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.
I discovered from my mother's diary that she had read "The Well of Loneliness" in 1928. I read this book to better understand my mother who was born in 1906. I was suprised at the good writing and compelling story.
This book underscores the attitudes toward lesbianism a century ago and the pain and rejection that lesbians were subjected to by family, friends, neighbors and society.