The Well of Loneliness
1928 • 414 pages
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Average rating2.9
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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have to say judging on the title, i did have very high hopes for this book.
but then it turns out to be something beautifully written, fruitful plot, and a lot of contradicting themes and how it all ends up reaching nowhere. it was also too languid, for which a lot of things could surely be shortened, and i doubt it was such a masterpiece as Maurice did, as the latter didn't get itself all mixed up in religions and stuffs and the stereotypes of genders. understandably it was hard to adjust the setting, but i think the character development is just not good enough.
the ending was...really...dramatic, if not more unreasonable
