The Well of Loneliness读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 448页 | 7.3 | 2014 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 3.99 | 2014-03-19 … | 2022-04-13 … | 82 |
Book Description
Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. It was banned for obscenity in 1928. It became an international bestseller, and for decades was the single most famous lesbian novel.
From Booklist
Hall (1880-1943) was legendary in her own time--or infamous, some might say--for her fifth novel, The Well of Loneliness (1928). The book was banned for obscenity because its main character is a lesbian, and it subsequently became a notorious best-seller, thrusting Hall into a literary rogues' gallery of fame. Cline uses previously unexplored material to create a biography of the now largely forgotten author that portrays the dense interrelationship of her writings, her childhood, and her friends and loves. Hall called herself by three names: Marguerite, the name with which she had been christened and which she hated, given as it was by the mother she despised; John, her chosen name, which she used among her associates; and Radclyffe, her pen name. The three often enigmatic selves these names indicated formed her public and private personae. The roots giving rise to her international lesbian best-seller are traceable to her early adolescent loves as well as her affairs with married sculptor Una Troubridge and many others--matters that Cline presents in a lively and readable style.
Whitney Scott
From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Heather Downey
The Well of Loneliness is a path-breaking novel. Published by Radclyffe Hall herself in 1928, it was immediately banned in Britain due to its lesbian theme and was allowed in the United States only after a long court battle. Once it was available, The Well of Loneliness sold more than 20,000 copies its first year and paved the way for other works with lesbian themes. The novel concerns a girl born into a wealthy English family at the turn of the century and named Stephen by her father who desperately wanted a boy. Practically from birth, Stephen is described as "different," yet while Radclyffe Hall delivers the powerful message that lesbianism is natural, she also asks the reader to have pity on Stephen Gordon, for, along with the popular psychoanalysts of her day, Radclyffe Hall describes lesbianism as an "inversion." The "terrible mark of Cain" compels Stephen to forsake the woman she loves to protect her from a life of ostracism. This message, along with Radclyffe Hall's portrayal of lesbians in stereotypical "butch" and "femme" roles, caused the book to be written off by feminists in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In addition, many readers today may find the language long-winded and the characters one-dimensional, with the exception of the thinly-veiled portrait of the author as Stephen Gordon. Nonetheless, The Well of Loneliness is worth reading because it shattered the silence of oppression and conveys a message about homophobia and internalized shame relevant to lesbians even today.
Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 width:(cm)12.6
作者简介拉德克利夫·霍尔
英国作家，诗人。1926年凭借《亚当的后裔》一举夺得费米娜奖（法国著名文学奖）和詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克小说纪念大奖（英国最古老的文学奖）。正是春风得意之时，她却冒着断送整个文学生涯的风险，以惊人的坦诚态度创作出了自传式小说《寂寞之井》，直指当时的社会对性 少数人群的不公待遇。
此书甫一出版，震动了整个英国，《周日快报》呼吁：“为免污染、败坏英文小说，文评家有责任防止任何小说家重蹈此一恶行。”英国法庭下令销毁此书，结果激起了艾略特、福斯特、伍尔夫等一众作家的联名反对，美国法庭也随之起诉此书在美国的出版商。然而，再彻底的查禁也阻挡不了《寂寞之井》的畅销，它引发了无数人的共鸣，一名二战大屠杀的幸存者感慨道：“记住那本书吧，我曾为了能亲吻另一个女人而坚持要活下去。”此后九十年，《寂寞之井》成为当之无愧的文学经典。
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