Radclyffe Hall 
Well of Loneliness 

As a man loved a woman, that was how I loved It was good, good, good Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents a 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. The Well of Loneliness was banned for obscenity when published in 1928.