{"product_id":"the-well-of-loneliness-penguin-modern-classics-9780141191836","title":"The Well of Loneliness Penguin Modern Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew to Penguin Modern Classics, the seminal work of gay literature that sparked an infamous legal trial for obscenity and went on to become a bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family:\" arial font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eThe Well of Loneliness\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of tomboyish Stephen, who hunts, wears trousers and cuts her hair short - and who gradually comes to realise that she is attracted to women. Charting her romantic and professional adventures during the First World War and beyond, the novel provoked a furore on first publication in 1928 for its lesbian heroine and led to a notorious legal trial for obscenity. Hall herself, however, saw the book as a pioneer work and today it is recognised as a landmark work of gay fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Penguin edition includes a new introduction by Maureen Duffy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The archetypal lesbian novel'' - Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the first and most influential contributions of gay and lesbian lit\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732433645911,"sku":"9780141191836","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141191836.jpg?v=1719996859","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-well-of-loneliness-penguin-modern-classics-9780141191836","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}