Radclyffe Hall 
The Well of Loneliness 

The Well of Loneliness is a lesbian novel by British author
Radclyffe Hall that was first published in 1928. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose ’sexual inversion‘ (homosexuality) is apparent from an early age. 




Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author, best known for the novel
The Well of Loneliness , a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall often went by the name John, rather than Marguerite.