The well of loneliness
About this book
Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parentsa 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.
Subjects
- aristocracy (social class)
- authors
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- écrivains
- england, fiction
- english fiction
- female homosexuality
- fiction
- fiction, lesbian
- fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian
- general
- heroes
- héros
- lesbians
- lesbiennes
- lgbtq fiction before stonewall
- literature
- romans, nouvelles
- savants
- scholars
- social conditions