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The Well of Loneliness
- Narrated by: Cecilia Fage
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
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Featured Article: The Best Lesbian Listens by Queer Authors
Get to know lesbian literature’s past and present with these essential listens from the LGBTQIA+ canon. Anyone on the hunt for the best LGBTQIA+ audiobooks knows that it can still be a challenge to find stories centered on lesbian characters and experiences. Discover the best lesbian listens across fiction and nonfiction and in a range of genres and age categories, with one common factor: All of these stories are focused on lesbian characters.
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- Erick
- 05-26-10
Loved it!
Great book. Didn't love the narrator, but I didn't notice too much after a bit because I was so into the story. Hall's writing is beautifully rich. Well worth a listen!
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- Geoff Maddison
- 03-06-10
The Endlessly Dreary Well of Loneliness Deserved
This is a book where the message matters more to the author then the tale. Minor characters are interesting and the heroine is a bore. The reader's breathy feminine pronunciation of Stephan's (Gertrude's) impossibly naive, overly dramatic text doesn't ring true. All other personages and accents are very well done and lively. It is a cold story without humour and sufficient depth of characterization. Lust, ignorance and anger melodramatically travel with the wealthy self absorbed world famous Stephan of London and end in the arms of self sacrifice on the dismal streets of Gay Paris. As a message, the unfair historically cruel treatment of homosexuals and the absolute necessity for change, it is an important one, and vital for humane understanding of people and nature. I would have been grateful to have found and read this novel at an early age, I think.
9 people found this helpful
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- SSP
- 07-31-19
The Well of Loneliness is a personal favorite a
An excellent read and must have of any queer literature fan. by far my favorite
3 people found this helpful
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- Izzy James
- 03-06-16
Radclyffe Hall is highly underrated
I fell in love w Stephan and Morton and Paris through Radclyffe Hall whose writing brought everything alive.
I lived in this book; could see the plush landscapes, the fine and not so fine homes, the people and their hearts.
This is a fine novel of what it was like in the early 1900s to be different and be in love. The writing is amazing in its fluidity and ability to paint a picture using the reader's mind as a canvas.
3 people found this helpful
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- Barbara C Houston
- 08-16-10
Wonderful read
I tried to read this more than 40 years ago but I was an incredibly naive teen; I hid the book under my mattress instead. Now, it has a huge impact on me. Written in the late 1920s, the language is very delicate in referring to homosexuality but the psychological impact is so painful. The descriptions are rich and compelling.
I have a friend who has always been a homophobe. This book is something I can recommend because of the beautiful language and no in-your-face sexual descriptions.
The narrator uses British English so there may be an initial disconnect. For example, she pronounces "ate" as "et."
7 people found this helpful
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- Suzanne
- 01-05-11
Interesting!
Worth the read, though a bit slow at times, hence the age of the book! I have to say I hadn't really thought about gay/lesbian history much, but I do now!!!
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- Rachel
- 09-15-12
Educational, but I just can't relate
What did you like best about The Well of Loneliness? What did you like least?
The descriptions were vivid and emotions are strong in the characters. They were flawed and well written.
However, I simply could not relate to Stephen. I was born sickly and developed determination as part of a coping mechanism and detest people who are physically strong but appeared weak willed.
So the part I like least is Stephen, but everything else was great. Which, seeing as s/he is the main character, made my position a little odd.
What do you think your next listen will be?
If there's a sequel I don't want to know about it.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
Descriptions. The author's voice was a little too fast, but it was manageable with the audible software.
Did The Well of Loneliness inspire you to do anything?
Uh, no. It actually depresses me. Success and money does not make a person happy.
Any additional comments?
I don't have anything against Stephen in terms of sexual preferences or social standing. I just wish she would grow some self esteem. Self-sacrificial tendencies are so not attractive.
5 people found this helpful
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-10-22
Beautiful narration
I can feel how important this book is for many "inverts" at the time. I wish it had a happier ending but those weren't invented for lesbians back then. It still felt very heartfelt.
The narration was so gentle and thoughtful, I loved it.
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- Joseph Chavez Jr
- 07-22-20
Great book for gays and those who love interverts.
Great book. worth reading. If you struggle with your sexuality. this is a must read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-25-20
Mediocre story and racist writing
The story itself wasn't horrendous, but I was shocked at how blatantly racist the book is as I've only really heard about it as a cult lesbian novel, with no mention of it's problematic side. I know it was written in a different time but the outright othering of the few Black characters ruined the book for me. I only read it as a lesbian right of passage, so if that's why you're considering it then I would say it's not worth it. The story is alright but nothing special. If anything it was a bit flat so even though it carries you in parts, I found it hard to invest in any of the characters. So that combined with the racism I'd say dont waste your time/money.
10 people found this helpful
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- Miss Je Cooke
- 06-07-20
A Gender-Bending Wonder
I hadn't heard of this novel until recently but I'm so glad I took a chance on it.
It follows Stephen, a girl born to an aristocratic father desperate for a son who translates all his hopes onto her. She grows up athletic and boyish but aware that she is a lesbian from an early age. We follow her through childhood to adulthood as she tries to navigate life as a queer woman in the early 20th century.
This was beautifully narrated and a wonderful character study of a woman who rejects femininity while loving women. Absolutely fascinating, I loved it.
7 people found this helpful
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- Kaggy
- 12-14-13
Moving and astonishing
This was one of those books I thought I should read but thought I wouldn't enjoy. How wrong I was. Although ultimately tragic, the main character is incredibly
enigmatic. A true heroine of her time.
14 people found this helpful
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- Raine
- 05-22-20
To know oneself and accept.
Enlightening insight into understanding ones otherness. To yearn for an acceptance not to occur until after your years are done. Learning that to love you sometimes have to let go.
3 people found this helpful
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- Alida Dite-Elliott
- 08-31-20
Pretty good
Excellent story. Slightly disappointed in the performance which was a little weary at times. But overall good.
2 people found this helpful
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- frequent customer
- 07-24-20
Highlights struggles women had to overcome!
Good narrator, highlights struggles Women faced at that time and unfortunately still do today, sad.
2 people found this helpful
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- Mrs Valda R Chapman
- 07-20-20
Brilliantly written and narrated
I wouldn't say I adored this book as it was quite off the beaten track for me but that having been said, it was beautifully written and took me right back to that time. The wording was at times reminiscent of the great romantic novelists that came to mind, Georgette Hare, Jane Austen... just a lovely story, well written and beautifully narrated in a tender and sensitive way. I did feel the story lost its way a bit in the middle but it soon righted itself. I did enjoy this book however I do need to say, for me, , it was a measured read not a fast paced page turner.
1 person found this helpful
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- susie liggat
- 01-09-18
Awful annoying voice/ reading
The narration ruined this for me
It’s such a brilliant and important story.. needs to be told in the right tone
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- bookworm
- 08-28-21
Heartbreaking but well worth it
Very moving story, very much of its time, which makes me very happy to be living in an age of marriage equality, at least in some countries. Lots of food for thought. The narrator mispronounces a few words here and there but I still couldn’t stop listening.
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- Fiona Maria Graves
- 07-25-21
Beautiful, sad story
I loved this story as a teen and have really enjoyed listening to it this time. It's a beautiful, and possibly very realistic, depiction of an upper-class queer woman around the 1920s. The main character, Stephen, is so real, so admirable and yet tragic. There are some incredibly spot-on observations and sublimely poetic passages scattered throughout. I cried just as hard this time at the saddest parts of the book too! Any fellow queers looking for a period-feel story, try this out!