Published in 2014
2352 pages
Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall (1883-1943) was born in Hampshire and educated at King’s College Cambridge. She published five volumes of poetry and seven novels.
What is this book about?
Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness caused a publishing scandal in 1928 and is now recognised as the first overt lesbian novel in English literature. Hall was also awarded prestigious literary prizes for the novel “Adam’s Breed” and she produced a large body of accomplished verse. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Hall’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material.
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hall’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 7 novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* The rare short story collection MISS OGILVY FINDS HERSELF, first time in digital print
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* Scarce poetry collections, available in no other edition
* A bonus biography – discover Hall’s literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Novels
THE FORGE
THE UNLIT LAMP
A SATURDAY LIFE
ADAM’S BREED
THE WELL OF LONELINESS
THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE
THE SIXTH BEATITUDE
The Short Story Collection
MISS OGILVY FINDS HERSELF
The Poetry Collections
INTRODUCTION TO THE POETRY OF RADCLYFFE HALL
TWIXT EARTH AND STARS
A SHEAF OF VERSES
POEMS OF THE PAST & PRESENT
SONGS OF THREE COUNTIES AND OTHER POEMS
THE FORGOTTEN ISLAND
The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Biography
A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF RADCLYFFE HALL by Gill Rossini
