Book : The Well Of Loneliness - Hall, Radclyffe

-Titulo Original : The Well Of Loneliness

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First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Halls own life, it was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career. From Booklist Hall (1880-1943) was legendary in her own time--or infamous, some might say--for her fifth novel, The Well of Loneliness (1928). The book was banned for obscenity because its main character is a lesbian, and it subsequently became a notorious best-seller, thrusting Hall into a literary rogues gallery of fame. Cline uses previously unexplored material to create a biography of the now largely forgotten author that portrays the dense interrelationship of her writings, her childhood, and her friends and loves. Hall called herself by three names: Marguerite, the name with which she had been christened and which she hated, given as it was by the mother she despised; John, her chosen name, which she used among her associates; and Radclyffe, her pen name. The three often enigmatic selves these names indicated formed her public and private personae. The roots giving rise to her international lesbian best-seller are traceable to her early adolescent loves as well as her affairs with married sculptor Una Troubridge and many others--matters that Cline presents in a lively and readable style. Whitney Scott From the Publisher First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Halls own life, if was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career. From the Inside Flap hed in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Halls own life, it was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career. From the Back Cover First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic. The thinly disguised story of Halls own life, it was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career. About the Author Radclyffe Hall, the pen name of Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, was born in Bournemouth on August 12, 1880. She was educated at Kings College, London, and later undertook further studies in Germany. Hall was renowned for her open homosexuality, a subject dealt with in her best-known novel, The Well of Loneliness (1928), a semi-autobiographical work and the only one of her eight novels to deal with overt lesbian themes. Her open treatment of lesbianism in The Well of Loneliness occasioned a trial for obscenity; it was banned and an appeal refused, which resulted in all copies in Britain being destroyed. The United States allowed its publication after a long court battle. She also published several volumes of verse including Twixt Earth and Stars: Poems (1906) and Songs of Three Counties and Other Poems (1913). Adams Breed (1926), a sensitive novel about the life of a restaurant keeper, won the Prix Femina and the 1927 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. Hall died in 1943 at the age of sixty-eight from cancer.