{"product_id":"the-well-of-loneliness","title":"The Well of Loneliness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the love that makes you feel most alive is the love your world refuses to accept?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Gordon grows up at Morton Hall, an English country estate, with wealth and a painful sense of being different. Her father, Sir Philip, wants to protect her. Her mother, Lady Anna, cannot offer the warmth she needs. As Stephen's feelings for women deepen, the distance between belonging and being honest grows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall follows Stephen through love, writing, war work, and the search for a place to live without shame. Mary Llewellyn offers the hope of lasting affection, while Paris seems to promise freedom. Yet social pressure and Stephen's own fears put that hope under strain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA childhood without belonging\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Stephen's early world, where comfort and privilege cannot quiet her sense of difference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove under pressure\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow her longing for women in a society that makes honesty carry a painful cost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLoyalty through hard years\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Puddle, the wise governess whose steady care offers Stephen a rare source of warmth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe promise of Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a city of artists, writers, and exiles where a less restricted life seems possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA plea for understanding\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider Hall's earnest argument for acceptance in a novel tried for obscenity in England.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to the history of gender and sexuality, banned books, and long, earnest novels of feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet Stephen before the world tells her who she is allowed to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58289291362652,"sku":"LOA-C477-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58289291395420,"sku":"LOA-C477-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58289291428188,"sku":"LOA-C477-PB","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58289291460956,"sku":"LOA-C477-HC","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-top-00477-en_09b68da6-6358-4075-ae47-4e1ceae4188c.jpg?v=1792697444","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/the-well-of-loneliness","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}