- Lesbians, Fiction, Social conditions, Fiction, lesbian
Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parentsa 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.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Radclyffe Hall
- First published
- 1928
- Pages
- 498
- Publisher
- bca, Covici, Friede, Shanghai Translation Publishing House
- Editions
- 86
- Language
- Swedish, German, heb, English
- ISBN
- 9780860682547
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“NOT VERY FAR FROM Upton-on-Severn - between it, in fact, and the Malvern Hills - stands the country seat of the Gordons of Bramley; well timbered, well cottaged, well fenced and well watered, having, in this latter respect, a stream that forks in exactly t”
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