Chapter 93 The Storm of "The Lonely Well"

The Storm of "The Lonely Well" There is a novel that has been banned in England for twenty years, although the American version has been popular all the time, and And it has already been translated into translations of other European languages, but the United Kingdom has always maintained a ban on it. Order, until 1949, a British bookstore took the risk of printing it out, and it was safe and sound. Only then did I know that the ban had been lifted virtually.This novel, which has been banned in the UK for twenty years, is It is Radclyffe Hall's "The Well of Lonely" (The Well of Lonely)

Loneliness). Radcliffe Hall is a female writer, and her "The Lonely Well" is a bad Not a bad novel either.If it is allowed to publish freely, it may sell at most a few thousand or ten thousand copies, and then After accepting the elimination of time, it was gradually forgotten.But not now, the English novel has There are many foreign language translations, and its English version has sold more than one million copies over the years.people who read it later Even if it will gradually become less, this novel and its author have already occupied a place in the history of modern English literature.

A seat, and all this is thanks to the court prosecutor, because it has become a "banned book". The reason "Lonely Well" was banned was because the subject it wrote was "lesbian", that is, The so-called "Lisboists".The characters are a group of women who served on the front lines during World War I machine.In the summer of 1928, when the novel was first published in England, there was little at first.because The boldness and novelty of the subject matter, and the fact that it is written by a woman, have given it a favorable reception from several critics.

review.Originally, Ms. Hal was not a new writer, she had already published several novels, and had to read them once. Blake Memorial Prize.But because she has always liked to dress up as "men's clothing", the "Lonely Well" described It is another group of women with homosexual tendencies, so many people can't help but feel special about it and its author Interested in supporting her in the newspaper, this caused a disturbance. James Douglas published an article in the "Weekly Express" urging the novel's obscene, he said he would rather commit murder and give boys and girls a bottle of nitric acid than take this little book

Tell them to see it.This angered little Huxley, he stood up and complained to Douglas. Challenge, he said that he dared to be responsible for recommending "The Lonely Well" to young men and women, and asked Glass if he would also take it A bottle of nitric acid to sell.Douglas had no choice but to talk about him. After such a quarrel, the book attracted the attention of the British authorities, the results of the review, and the publication of "The Lonely Well" bookstores were ordered to stop selling the book.Later they took it to Paris for publication, but when the Paris edition was shipped back

When I came to the UK, I was immediately detained by the British customs, and I filed a complaint against the bookstore in the UK that sold the novel. The result was a fine of twenty pounds, the confiscated book was destroyed, and The Lonely Well has not been allowed to appear in the UK ever since. It was not until 1949 that the ban was virtually lifted.Now, the unabridged "Sabi The Lonely Well is already readily available in any English bookstore.