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Radclyffe Hall


Born
in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), England
August 12, 1880

Died
October 07, 1943

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author, best known for the novel The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood, Hall often went by the name John, rather than Marguerite.

In the drawing rooms of Edwardian society, Marguerite made a small name as a poet and librettist. In 1907, she met a middle-aged fashionable singer, Mrs. Mabel Batten, known as 'Ladye", who introduced her to influential people. Batten and Radclyffe Hall entered into a long-term relationship. But before Batten died in 1916, Radclyffe Hall, known in private as 'John', had taken up with the second love of her life, Una, Lady Troubridge, who gave up her own creative aspirations (she ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 20,544 ratings · 2,126 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors
The Well of Loneliness
3.76 avg rating — 19,210 ratings — published 1928 — 315 editions
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The Unlit Lamp
3.94 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1924 — 63 editions
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Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself
3.21 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1934 — 12 editions
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A Saturday Life
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3.83 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1925 — 12 editions
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Adam's Breed
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1926 — 26 editions
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Twixt Earth and Stars
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1906 — 35 editions
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The Well of Loneliness / Th...
3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Al mondo
3.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 editions
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Songs of Three Counties and...
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A Sheaf of Verses: Poems
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“If our love is a sin, then heaven must be full of such tender and selfless sinning as ours.”
― Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness
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“The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth. ”
― Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness
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“You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet--you've not got your niche in creation. But some day that will come, and meanwhile don't shrink from yourself, but face yourself calmly and bravely. Have courage; do the best you can with your burden. But above all be honourable. Cling to your honour for the sake of those others who share the same burden. For their sakes show the world that people like you and they can be quite as selfless and fine as the rest of mankind. Let your life go to prove this--it would be a really great life-work, Stephen.”
― Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness
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