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'As a man loved a woman, that was how I loved...It was good, good,
good...' 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. The Well of Loneliness was banned for obscenity
when published in 1928. It became an international bestseller, and
for decades was the single most famous lesbian novel. It has
influenced how love between women is understood, for the twentieth
century and beyond.
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Finders Keepers
Radclyffe
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R479
R396
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Rooke Tyler makes a living by carvingh eadstones in a cemetery for
wealthy families. At night she sculpts stone, pouring her dreams
and desires into the figures she chisels. Then two women enter her
life, one offering her passion, the other fame. Rooke's choice may
expose her secrets and change her life - if she follows her heart.
New 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. The Well of Loneliness 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. This Penguin edition includes a new introduction by
Maureen Duffy. 'The archetypal lesbian novel' - Times Literary
Supplement 'One of the first and most influential contributions of
gay and lesbian literature' - New Statesman Radclyffe Hall was born
in 1880. After an unhappy childhood, she inherited her father's
estate and from then on was free to travel and live as she chose.
She fell in love and lived with an older woman before settling down
with Una Troubridge, a married sculptor. Hall wrote many books but
is best known for The Well of Loneliness, first published in 1928.
She died in 1943 and is buried in Highgate Cemetery in London.
Maureen Duffy was born in 1933 and educated at Kings College
London. She became a full-time writer in the 1960s, and has since
written numerous screenplays, poetry and novels. A lifelong
campaigner for gay rights and animal rights, Duffy is also
president of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society.
In the chaotic aftermath of 9/11, Secret Service agent Cameron
Roberts and her lover, first daughter Blair Powell, must contend
with recriminations from within the government and danger from
without as they struggle to uncover those who betrayed the nation
and nearly claimed Blair's life. The hunt is a very personal quest
for Cam, who fears that another strike on Blair is imminent. Her
search takes her deep into the shadow worlds of
counter-intelligence where even a friend might be a foe. While Cam
races against time to uncover the traitor's trail, Blair becomes
the target of an even deadlier threat. Not just honor, but their
future together, is at stake as the search culminates in a violent
confrontation with evil.
Special Crimes Unit Investigator Rebecca Frye attempts to solve a
series of sexual assaults amid dead ends, battered witnesses, and a
growing attraction to the physician who saved one of the victims.
A life-threatening accident, a suspicious fire, and the appearance
of a new woman in town makes one Provincetown summer a time of
transformation as four women learn the true meaning of love,
friendship, and family. Sheriff Reese Conlon and Doctor Tory King
face the challenges of personal change as they define their lives
and future together. Tory's pregnancy forces her to examine her
personal needs and goals while Reese struggles with her escalating
anxieties over conditions she cannot control. Twenty-year-old
Brianna Parker makes a sacrifice for love that threatens not just
her happiness, but her life, when she returns home as the newest
member of the Sheriff's department.
When you're the president's daughter and the closest thing the
country has to a first lady, your life is never really your own.
When you're the woman charged to guard the first daughter, and you
also happen to be her lover, every moment of every day is filled
with challenges-and a mistake could cost you everything.
Unbeknownst to either Blair Powell or Secret Service agent Cameron
Roberts, they are at the center of a conspiracy that will rock the
world when a net of violence and death draws down upon them and the
nation. In a journey that begins on the streets of Paris's Left
Bank and culminates in a wild flight for their lives, the
president's daughter and those who are sworn to protect her wage a
desperate struggle for survival.
Myth, magic, and monsters--the stuff of childhood dreams (or
nightmares) and adult fantasies.
Delve into these classic fairy tales retold with a queer twist and
surrender to the world of seductive spells and dark temptations.
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Homestead (Paperback)
Radclyffe
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R453
R375
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Tess Rogers grew up in the midst of chaos and uncertainty, but she
always knew one thing to be true--one day six hundred acres of
prime farmland would be hers. Then she discovers not even that
truth can be counted on. Tess's stepfather has kept important
secrets, and Tess's dream of breeding a line of organic dairy cows
suddenly goes up in a burst of smoke and flame.
R. Clayton Sutter is an expert at managing just about
anything--money, businesses, and people. Getting NorthAm Fuel's
newest shale refinery operational in the rolling hills of Upstate
New York shouldn't be much of a challenge, but then, she hadn't
counted on dealing with vandalism, petitions, and a woman she'd
never expected to see again--one who still haunts her dreams.
When Tess and Clay square off on opposite sides of the heated
debate, past and present collide in a battle of wills and unbidden
desire.
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The Unlit Lamp (Paperback)
Radclyffe Hall; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R412
R345
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The Unlit Lamp (1924) is a novel by Radclyffe Hall. After
publishing several collections of poems, Hall turned to fiction in
1924 with two successful novels. The Unlit Lamp is the story of a
young woman with an unhappy home life who falls in love with an
older teacher and dreams of moving to London to become a doctor.
Despite her independent spirit, Joan struggles to escape the
clutches of her controlling mother. "Mrs. Ogden put her hand up to
her head wearily, glancing at Joan as she did so. Joan was so quick
to respond to the appeal of illness. Mrs. Ogden would not have
admitted to herself how much she longed for this quick response and
sympathy. [...] There were times, growing more frequent of late,
when she longed, yes, longed to break down utterly, to become
bedridden, to be waited upon hand and foot, to have arresting
symptoms of her own, any number of them." Unhappily married to the
Colonel, a cold and distant man, Mrs. Ogden depends on her
daughters for emotional support. As Joan and Milly draw closer the
age of independence, however, their mother begins thinking up ways
to keep them at home, stifling their personal interests and
desires. When Elizabeth Rodney, a governess, arrives to teach the
sisters, Joan develops not only an attraction to the older woman,
but a desire to move with her to London, where she dreams of
becoming a doctor. Tragic and psychologically piercing, The Unlit
Lamp is a story of friendship, family, and desire that continues to
be recognized as a groundbreaking work of lesbian literature. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Radclyffe Hall's The Unlit Lamp is a classic work
of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
A powerful novel of love between women, THE WELL OF LONELINESS
brought about the most famous legal trial for obscenity in the
history of British law. Banned on publication in 1928, it then went
on to become a classic bestseller. 'The archetypal lesbian novel' -
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'The bible of lesbianism' - THE TIMES
'One of the first and most influential contributions of gay and
lesbian literature' - NEW STATESMAN 'What do I care for the world's
opinion? What do I care for anything but you!' Stephen Gordon
(named by a father desperate for a son) is not like other girls:
she hunts, she fences, she reads books, wears trousers and longs to
cut her hair. As she grows up amidst the stifling grandeur of
Morton Hall, the locals begin to draw away from her, aware of some
indefinable thing that sets her apart. And when Stephen Gordon
reaches maturity, she falls passionately in love with another
woman. Introduced by Diana Souhami, author of the acclaimed
biography The Trials of Radclyffe Hall
A request from the commander-in-chief forces Secret Service Agent
Cameron Roberts to break her word to the woman she lovesa woman who
just happens to be Blair Powell, the president's daughter. Cam
places duty before love, despite knowing that this decision may
destroy her tenuous new relationship with the first daughter. As
the rift between the two women widens, more than one
would-be-suitor is happy to offer Blair the company that Cam
cannot. Amidst political intrigue, and escalating threat to Blair's
safety, and the seemingly irreconcilable personal differences that
force them ever further apart, Cam and Blair struggle to find their
way back to one another."
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The Unlit Lamp (Hardcover)
Radclyffe Hall; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R686
R573
Discovery Miles 5 730
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The Unlit Lamp (1924) is a novel by Radclyffe Hall. After
publishing several collections of poems, Hall turned to fiction in
1924 with two successful novels. The Unlit Lamp is the story of a
young woman with an unhappy home life who falls in love with an
older teacher and dreams of moving to London to become a doctor.
Despite her independent spirit, Joan struggles to escape the
clutches of her controlling mother. “Mrs. Ogden put her hand up
to her head wearily, glancing at Joan as she did so. Joan was so
quick to respond to the appeal of illness. Mrs. Ogden would not
have admitted to herself how much she longed for this quick
response and sympathy. […] There were times, growing more
frequent of late, when she longed, yes, longed to break down
utterly, to become bedridden, to be waited upon hand and foot, to
have arresting symptoms of her own, any number of them.”
Unhappily married to the Colonel, a cold and distant man, Mrs.
Ogden depends on her daughters for emotional support. As Joan and
Milly draw closer the age of independence, however, their mother
begins thinking up ways to keep them at home, stifling their
personal interests and desires. When Elizabeth Rodney, a governess,
arrives to teach the sisters, Joan develops not only an attraction
to the older woman, but a desire to move with her to London, where
she dreams of becoming a doctor. Tragic and psychologically
piercing, The Unlit Lamp is a story of friendship, family, and
desire that continues to be recognized as a groundbreaking work of
lesbian literature. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Radclyffe
Hall’s The Unlit Lamp is a classic work of British literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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A Sheaf of Verses (Paperback)
Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall; Created by John and Edward Bumpus Ltd
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R490
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A Sheaf of Verses (Hardcover)
Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall; Created by John and Edward Bumpus Ltd
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R832
Discovery Miles 8 320
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