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November 16, 1928 - An obscenity trial began for Radclyffe Hall's novel, "The Well of Loneliness." Great Britain banned it for its treatment of lesbianism, though it contained no explicit sexual references.
A U.S. court in 1929 ruled similarly, for its sympathetic portrait of homosexuality, and because it "pleads for tolerance on the part of society."
Back when I read Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness a couple of months ago, I got fic-writing feels.
Now, I had an idea, and 3K later, this:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54089695
"Eight years after tearing her own heart out, Stephen meets Mary again.
Turns out, everything has not been lost after all."
AKA Mary suggests the most obvious solution and they lived happily ever after.
#Revisiting #RadclyffeHall’s #groundbreaking #lesbian #novel #TheWellofLoneliness, 95 years on.
When acclaimed author Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness was published in 1928, what followed was a literary legacy defined by #lesbianism, #bookbans and a nation divided.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Representation #Culture #History https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/28/the-well-of-loneliness-radclyffe-hall-lesbian-novel-legacy/