{"product_id":"the-well-of-loneliness-isbn-9780385416092","title":"The Well of Loneliness","description":"First published in 1928, this timeless portrayal of lesbian love is now a classic.  The thinly disguised story of Hall's own life, it was banned outright upon publication and almost ruined her literary career.\u003cb\u003eRadclyffe Hall\u003c\/b\u003e, the pen name of Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall, was born in Bournemouth on August 12, 1880. She was educated at King's College, London, and later undertook further studies in Germany. Hall was renowned for her open homosexuality, a subject dealt with in her best-known novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), a semi-autobiographical work and the only one of her eight novels to deal with overt lesbian themes. Her open treatment of lesbianism in \u003ci\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e occasioned a trial for obscenity; it was banned and an appeal refused, which resulted in all copies in Britain being destroyed. The United States allowed its publication after a long court battle. She also published several volumes of verse including \u003ci\u003eTwixt Earth and Stars: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1906) and \u003ci\u003eSongs of Three Counties and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1913). \u003ci\u003eAdam's Breed \u003c\/i\u003e(1926), a sensitive novel about the life of a restaurant keeper, won the Prix Femina and the 1927 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. Hall died in 1943 at the age of sixty-eight from cancer.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300794749157,"sku":"NP9780385416092","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385416092.jpg?v=1767742179","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-well-of-loneliness-isbn-9780385416092","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}