The well of loneliness

x2018;As a man loved a woman, that was how I loved x2026;It was good, good, good x2026; x2019;

Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents x2013; a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. The Well of Lonelinesswas banned for obscenity when published in 1928. It became an international bestseller, and for decades was the single most famous lesbian novel. It has influenced how love between women is understood, for the twentieth century and beyond.