The Well of Loneliness
Author: Hall, Radclyffe
ISBN: 9780141191836
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 512
Dimensions: 201mm x 135mm x 24mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
New to Penguin Modern Classics, the seminal work of gay literature that sparked a notorious legal trial
The Well of Loneliness tells the story of tomboyish Stephen, who hunts, wears trousers and cuts her hair short - and who gradually comes to realise that she is attracted to women. Charting her romantic and professional adventures during the First World War and beyond, the novel provoked a furore on first publication in 1928 for its lesbian heroine and led to a famous legal trial for obscenity. Hall herself saw the book as a pioneer work and today it is recognised as a landmark work of gay fiction.
ISBN: 9780141191836
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 512
Dimensions: 201mm x 135mm x 24mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
New to Penguin Modern Classics, the seminal work of gay literature that sparked a notorious legal trial
The Well of Loneliness tells the story of tomboyish Stephen, who hunts, wears trousers and cuts her hair short - and who gradually comes to realise that she is attracted to women. Charting her romantic and professional adventures during the First World War and beyond, the novel provoked a furore on first publication in 1928 for its lesbian heroine and led to a famous legal trial for obscenity. Hall herself saw the book as a pioneer work and today it is recognised as a landmark work of gay fiction.
