On her own, Stephen will find there are others out there like herself, even take a lover who gives her the happiness she thought she would never find, but the continuing lack of acceptance in society eventually takes all from Stephen, leaving her lost in a well of loneliness. When Stephen's father dies, Stephen is truly alone with her confusion, becoming involved in a love affair that will make her mother aware of what she is, causing an irreparable rift in their relationship. Stephen's father understands, but is unable to find a way to explain what he knows to Stephen or her mother. Stephen grows up unaware that there is a name for the oddities in her behaviors and emotions. The novel is about Stephen Gordon, a young Englishwoman who is a lesbian, in a time when acceptance of this lifestyle was non-existent. The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall is a controversial novel that was banned at the time of its publication in 1928.
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