The Well of Loneliness (Audible Audio Edition) Radclyffe Hall, Cecilia Fage, Audible Studios Books
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Stephen Gordon (named by a father desperate for a son) is not like other girls she hunts, she fences, she reads books, wears trousers, and longs to cut her hair. As she grows up amidst the stifling grandeur of Morton Hall, the locals begin to draw away from her, aware of some indefinable thing that sets her apart. And when Stephen Gordon reaches maturity, she falls passionately in love - with another woman.
The Well of Loneliness (Audible Audio Edition) Radclyffe Hall, Cecilia Fage, Audible Studios Books
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The Well of Loneliness (Audible Audio Edition) Radclyffe Hall, Cecilia Fage, Audible Studios Books Reviews
The archaic language, and the occasional lapse into French, made this book hard to read. Hardly a page went by, without me having to look up a word, or translate a phrase. Reading a few pages went from a half hour diversion, to an afternoon slog. In the end, I still really enjoyed it.
Hall would spend a page or two, describing something that could easily be summed up in a couple of sentences. Normally I would hate that, but with Hall it worked. Her words painted pictures, setting moods as well as scenes. Really bringing the feel of the characters to life. I just kept thinking, so this is what those other authors were trying to do.
Hall's quick change in perspective, could get confusing, at times. One minute you're in one character thoughts, the next you're in another's. At a few spots, we got treated to a dog's point of view, on the events, of the story.
The end was a bit to hard to take, but I wasn't expecting a story book ending, given the time period it was written.
All in all, I enjoyed the book, and got a sense of accomplishment, when I finished it.
Give this story time to develop. Do not give up in the first one hundred pages. There is a timeless story of inner understanding in a world that does not want to have anything to do with a person's truth. The author uses a very strong command of Christian symbolism to express the shades of tragedy in a most interesting metaphor to life. It is clear that the character is an outcast both by society and the resulting self-loathing.
The author does express hope that this natural human ability to love will be allowed in the future. Does love need to be allowed?
This was not a page turning read for me; however, I did find myself reflecting on our cultural tolerances on the groups cast aside due to beliefs, race, sex, nationality, education etc...
It is sad that today this book finds a very strong thread of relevant issues.
The Well of Loneliness is an engaging story that shows the challenges, indignities suffered and, yes,
the loneliness of being gay, particularly at the time this book was written.
Imagine growing up with people judging you and condemning you because you are some not-quite-definably
kind of different? This difference is nothing you did; it isn't the result of any decision or choice
you made; it is simply the way you are. People talk about you in whispers as you pass; they snicker.
Often, they quite obviously reject you and condemn you because they are like the majority whereas you
are not.
The story does a very good job of making you feel the ostracizing by society just because you are not
like others. This ostracizing begins long before sexuality comes into play. And, by the way, there is
no sex in this book other than kissing. And yet the book was condemned as obscene simply because the
kissing was between two women.
Stephan, the protagonist, likes to ride horses and finds riding side-saddle dumb. She takes up fencing
and lifting weights because she enjoys the physicality. She feels foolish wearing dresses. Are any of
those things truly outrageous and deserving of condemnation? She makes a wonderful friend with a young man
who she feels close to because he treats her exactly the same as he would a man. That she recoils in horror
when the young man declares his love for her was not her decision; it was simply her reaction. When she
forms a relationship with another woman with kissing involved and eventually declares her love for the woman
only to have the woman recoil makes her feel just how alone and different she is. Stephan thinks she must
be the only person to be this way. She is unaware that others exist. She experiences multiple snubs and
rejections because of how she is.
Stephan makes an important and, I think, irrefutable point somewhere in the book
"We exist. Like everyone else, We were made by nature. Therefore we are natural."
I think this book should be read by heterosexuals. I am not so foolish as to think that the scales would
fall from the eyes of those blinded by prejudice. But, I would hope that many people would find the mile
walked in another's shoes to be a reminder to be kinder and much more tolerant of others. It needn't be
limited to those in sexual minorities but also racial, religious, nationalities or any other kinds of
different.
From a purely literary point of view, I also found the writing to be interesting. Occasionally, I would
have to reread a sentence to understand it but then I found that I enjoyed the non-standard (perhaps only
by modern standards?) phrasing to be interesting.
Overall, I found this to be one of the best books I've read in quite a while.
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