#the well of loneliness

[favouritefi]

#autobiography of red #giovanni’s room #fun home #if not winter #nightwood #angels in America #picture of Dorian gray #Maurice #the well of loneliness

[sunbentshadows]

fears and fury on growing up gay

'Monstrous', OED // Outcast (Self-Portrait), Georgi Mashev // 'disownment', Wikipedia // The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall // "The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot", John William Waterhouse // Which Witch, Florence + The Machine // 'deemed', OED // The Outcast, Sandro Botticelli // “Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, Mary Shelley // "Kiyohime Becomes Serpent-Bodied at Hidaka River", Yoshitoshi Tsukioka // 'monster', Wikipedia // Frankenstein, Rina Sawayama

#web weaving #listened to rina and thinking about the way gay kids relate to themes of monstrosity and isolation and it was too much for one day #wicked didn't even make it in the final cut #rina sawayama #frankenstein #mary shelley #kiyohime #which witch #florence and the machine #yoshitoshi tsukioka #radclyffe hall #the well of loneliness #john william waterhouse #georgi mashev #sandro botticelli #gay trauma #literature #poetry #webweaving #parallels #fragments #my gf saw this and said ‘oof’

[atlanticistic]

can someone recommend me some more classical lesbian literature like The well of loneliness or The price of salt?

#lgbt #gay #lesbian #wlw #sapphic #queer #literature #patricia highsmith #the well of loneliness #carol #the price of salt #books

[chronicowboy]

some of my favourite extracts from radclyffe hall's the well of loneliness

#sami rambles #can't shut up about this book im afraid #if you're queer or wlw especially please read this book #if you're trying to get into older fiction please read this book #radclyffe hall #the well of loneliness #queer #wlw

[thethirdromana]

Suggestions for Tumblr's next book club

With Dracula Daily on the horizon again, I've been pondering what other out-of-copyright novels we might like to consider reading very slowly. Here are my ideas! And if any of them already exist, lmk.

North and South

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Year of publication: 1854-55 Length: 185,000 words, 52 chapters. So we could have a chapter weekly for a full year. Summary: Margaret Hale is forced to leave the rural south of England and settle in the rough, industrial north. There she clashes with mill-owner John Thornton over his treatment of his workers... Why Tumblr would like it: Enemies to Lovers! Class struggle! Fascinating historical context! Honestly, it's a great read.

Evelina

Author: Fanny Burney Year of publication: 1778 Length: 157,000 words in 84 letters. That's right, it's epistolary, and the letters are almost all sent March to October of the same year, so we could read this one in true Dracula Daily fashion. Summary: Evelina is the sheltered daughter of an aristocrat trying to make her way in the world of late 18th-century society. Why Tumblr would like it: Evelina is a likeable, relatable character. I think it'd be fun to get emails from her.

The Well of Loneliness

Author: Radclyffe Hall Year of publication: 1928 Length: 158,000 words in 56 chapters. Summary: The story of Stephen Gordon, a girl who realises at an early age that she's a lesbian, and her attempts to find love in the early 20th century. Why Tumblr would like it: It's one of the most iconic lesbian novels of the 20th century!

The War of the Worlds

Author: HG Wells Year of publication: 1897 Length: 63,000 words in 27 chapters. Summary: Alien invaders land from Mars and fuck up the south of England. Why Tumblr would like it: Alien invaders land from Mars and fuck up the south of England, come on, what's not to like?

The Moonstone

Author: Wilkie Collins Year of publication: 1868 Length: 200,000 words (so a bit of a marathon) in 51 chapters. Summary: A young English woman inherits a large Indian diamond of dubious provenance on her 18th birthday. Then it gets stolen! Why Tumblr would like it: One of the first detective novels, and supposed to be one of the best, it's a page turner with lots of suspense, twists and cliffhanger endings.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Author: Agatha Christie Year of publication: 1920 Length: 60,000 words in 13 chapters. Summary: The first murder mystery starring Hercule Poirot. Why Tumblr would like it: Look, you liked Glass Onion, right? And if you like this, Agatha Christie's novels are emerging from copyright at the rate of about two per year.

Les Misérables

Author: Victor Hugo Year of publication: 1862 Length: 570,000 words in the English translation (ouch) in 365 chapters. Summary: A vast, sweeping story of poverty, justice and revolution in early 19th century France. Why Tumblr would like it: Well, if you thought Moby Dick didn't have enough digressions...

The Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer Year of publication: 1387-1400 Length: 24 stories averaging 700 lines each. Summary: Some pilgrims are heading to Canterbury. They tell one another stories to pass the time. These are their stories. Why Tumblr would like it: I mean, there's a reason we still read these 600 years later. They're a fascinating insight into medieval life, but they're also - for the most part - just good fun.

If you love any of these suggestions and would really like to see it take off, reblog to help make it happen.

#tumblr book club #north and south #evelina #the well of loneliness #the war of the worlds #the moonstone #poirot #les miserables #the canterbury tales

[buildabot]

The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall / Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

#something something lesbian loneliness #the well of loneliness #little women #mine

[sapphicscripture]

"if our love is a sin, then heaven must be full of such tender and selfless sinning as ours."

The Well of Loneliness, by Radclyffe Hall

#this book is tearing me to pieces #i feel and care so deeply for Stephen #i just want to protect her #this book is so beautifully written that i cant handle it #radclyffe hall #the well of loneliness #love quotes #book quote #queer literature

[oldtvandcomics]

Oh shit, The Well of Loneliness is entering the Public Domain?! And people are not talking about it?!

I mean, people aren't really talking about other things entering the Public Domain either, but still.

#The Well of Loneliness #classic lesbian novel if you were wondering #which I still haven't read but this does kind of catapult it to my TBR list of next year #Public Domain Day

[pierrotsloop]

good morning niche lesbian media fans . Good morning kittens who spend every day drawing parallels between revolutionary girl utena and claudine (Colette and riyoko ikeda tbh) and the well of loneliness and oniisama e and carmilla and a woman appeared to me and desert hearts and etc etc. (be my bestfriend now. )

#revolutionary girl utena #claudine riyoko ikeda #claudine at school #the well of loneliness #colette #radclyffe hall #a woman appeared to me #renee vivien #oniisama e #riyoko ikeda #desert hearts #lesbian media #queer media

[read-alert]

#stone butch blues #the well of loneliness

[loxare]

The Well of Loneliness is one of the most famous (if not THE most famous) lesbian novel of all time. It is not a niche text that's only survived on Project Gutenberg – it's literally still in print!

It WAS the subject of an obscenity trial, and some copies were seized and destroyed, but not nearly all of them. It's great that you're giving people access to the book, but worth knowing the full context!

Wow, thank you for telling me! I probably could have done more of a google on this one, but in my defense, I was doing embroidery at the time. The hbomberguy video only said "all copies were ordered burned", so I'm very glad that many many people got to keep their lesbian WW1 ambulance drivers

#Loxie answers? #hbomberguy #james somerton #Just using those tags to help spread the word mostly #but they are related! #Radclyffe Hall #The Well of Loneliness

[survival-horror]

The Well of Loneliness // Radclyffe Hall

#the well of loneliness #radclyffe hall #dbc

[glrlafraid]

started reading The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. Old lesbian literature always makes me emotional, and this one has a butch main character… let’s see if i survive

#lesbian #butch #butch lesbian #the well of loneliness #radclyffe hall #literature #bookblr

[nota-de-um-real]

Some sapphic books

The Well Of Loneliness by Radclyffe hall | This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone | Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo | Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

#the well of loneliness #classical literature #dark academia #female rage #gothic literature #this is how you lose the time war #sarah waters #fingersmith #sapphic #lesbian dark academia #lesbian #classic books #book

[amarrymeinbostonwriter]

All Lesbian Coded Characters born in England between 1830 and 1899 know is horses, dogs, chivalry, obsession with maid/nurse, swordfight, duel sexists, hunting, wear trousers, smoke cigars and lie.

#except I trust them #It's that terrible old meme #but for victorian lesbian characters #stephen gordon #matilda murray #lady gerry starling #the well of loneliness #agnes grey #Tilly: The Progress of a Victorian Lesbian and Female Husband #victorian lit #female husands #historic fiction #shit posting #anne bronte #radclyffe hall #b. h. avondale #bookblr #victorian lesbians #butch feral horsegirl forever #yeah she's a specific lady but she's appeared in literature more than twice so I can't help that's a pattern #I'm sure I'd find her a few more times if I really looked hard enough #more awful memes for you #my chatter #brit lit #lesbian writer #writeblr #well of loneliness is a WWI novel so not Victorian but Stephen and her author Hall are Victorians by birth #and the novel reads more like a victorian novel than a modernist novel okay? #and yes Gerry is my character but she's a victorian lesbian too

[womensarts-blog]

Medallion (1937) by Gluck, self-portrait by the gender non-conforming painter, with lover Nesta Obermer, later used as cover art for the famous lesbian novel 'The Well of Loneliness' by British author Radclyffe Hall.

#lgbt art #gluck #self portrait #gender nonconforming painter #nesta obermer #lesbian novel #the well of loneliness #radclyffe hall #1937