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Radclyffe Hall

  

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Radclyffe Hall : The Well of Loneliness

'Margaret Wharton's parents were highly literate, and with their encouragement she entered a teaching training college in 1936, but they taught her nothing about sex: "Though we read books like 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' and 'Hatter's Castle' both dealing with defloration of innocence and an ultimate baby, we drew no parallels and made no application to ourselves. I even read Radclyffe Hall's classic story of lesbianism, The Well of Loneliness, without having the faintest idea of what it was about'.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Margaret Wharton      Print: Book

  

Radclyffe Hall : The Well of Loneliness

'I told Forster that I was prepared to stand absolutely for both the merits and the decency of the book.' [The Well of Loneliness]

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Print: Book

  

Radclyffe Hall : The Well of Loneliness

On the conclusion of the 'Well of Loneliness' case, I propose to devote an article to it in the Evening Standard. I need not tell you that I am anti-police.

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Arnold Bennett      Print: Book

  

Radclyffe Hall : The Well of Loneliness

'November brought a peculiar police-court case, which made literary history, after Radclyffe Hall's novel, "The Well of Loneliness", had been suppressed for impropriety. I had reviewed this earnest and harmless story on publication, and now joined the thirty-nine "expert" witnesses who appeared before the Bow Street magistrate, Sir Chartres Biron.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Vera Brittain      Print: Book

  

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