EPISODE · May 28, 2024 · 3 MIN
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
from Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women · host diane
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/784793 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Well of Loneliness Author: Radclyffe Hall Narrator: Sophie Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world… So far as I know nothing of the kind has ever been attempted before in fiction. —Radclyffe Hall Originally published in 1928, The Well of Loneliness follows the life of Stephen Gordon, a girl born to parents who wished for a boy in late Victorian England. Through Stephen, Hall explores love, lonelieness, and the struggle for self-acceptance in the face of rejection. With its frank portrayal of lesbianism and queer identity, The Well of Loneliness was the subject of several obscenity trials and subjected to bans in multiple countries upon its publication. A watershed moment in LGBTQ+ literary history, its cultural impact endures to this day.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/784793 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Well of Loneliness Author: Radclyffe Hall Narrator: Sophie Ward Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 28, 2024 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world… So far as I know nothing of the kind has ever been attempted before in fiction. —Radclyffe Hall Originally published in 1928, The Well of Loneliness follows the life of Stephen Gordon, a girl born to parents who wished for a boy in late Victorian England. Through Stephen, Hall explores love, lonelieness, and the struggle for self-acceptance in the face of rejection. With its frank portrayal of lesbianism and queer identity, The Well of Loneliness was the subject of several obscenity trials and subjected to bans in multiple countries upon its publication. A watershed moment in LGBTQ+ literary history, its cultural impact endures to this day.
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