Il pozzo della solitudine

it should be MANDATORY that everyone reads this book. everyone. there isn't anything too astounding about her writing style, and nothing too "deep" about it either. anyone could pick up this book and see clearly everything she's very clearly alluding to, so there isn't much mystery, but instead, a w Leggi tutto

this book was written to test how much I can handle back to back before I have a complete breakdown

I really wanted to like this more than I did. The Well of Loneliness -- and the legal battles over its publication --increased awareness and acceptance of lesbians in British and American culture. The first few chapters, approximately the first quarter of the book, were interesting. It was an emotive Leggi tutto

what could have been a fascinating chronicle of a tough butch interloper challenging mainstream society becomes the drippy tale of a woman who just wants to be loved, and the cruel little bitch who leads her on. oh what a deep well! the writing's pretty swell though, that can't be denied. tres elega Leggi tutto

A beautiful, thought-provoking, frustrating novel. It’s literally called The Well of Loneliness , so it’s not like I expected a happy ending. But still, I didn’t expect it to be quite so horrible . The novel is a fascinating exploration of its era’s ideas about gender and sexuality, as foundational to Leggi tutto

It's incredible to discover that less than a hundred years ago in 1928 James Douglas, the editor of the Sunday Express, wrote an article calling for a ban of “The Well of Loneliness” stating: “In order to prevent the contamination and corruption of English fiction it is the duty of the critic to mak Leggi tutto

Recently in these parts I declared that this novel was so dull that today it is essentially unreadable, and that its lasting importance has everything to do with history and not a thing to do with art. And I still generally stand behind these sentiments. BUT. I read it. And I kind of enjoyed it, at l Leggi tutto