7/3/2023 0 Comments The well of lonelinessIt was not without scandal when it was published, however.įeaturing a character with “sexual inversion” (a term used at the time Hall was writing), it was met with opposition and a campaign by James Douglas, the editor of the Sunday Express in favour of its censoring. The novel follows their relationship and since its publication, it has become one of the most well known lesbian novels published in Britain. Written in 1928, Radclyffe Hall’s novel tells the story of Stephen Gordon, an upper-class English woman who, while serving as an ambulance driver in World War 1, meets Mary Llewellyn. With this being LGBT+ History Month, it seemed an appropriate time to delve into the history of this book – both the novel itself and the history of the Warwickshire copy. During this process, we’ve come across a 1949 copy of ‘The Well of Loneliness’ by Radclyffe Hall, a novel featuring lesbian characters that was banned for a while in Britain in the 1920s and 30s. We’re in the process of moving our Reserve Stock from one location to another so we’ve been evaluating titles, checking our shelves for duplicates and looking for items in poor condition.
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