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Radclyffe HallThe Well of Loneliness
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1928A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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Raferty thinks that even with all of Stephen’s schooling, she is still “missing the truth” (62). What truth might Raferty be referring to?
Anna questions “why she was always afraid to ask” (72) her husband about his pacing. Why is she afraid to approach him about this?
Why does Anna insist on remaining uneducated?
When Stephen reveals that she finds the English countryside so beautiful it made her cry as a child, Martin replies, “Some part of us always sheds tears when we see lovely things—they make us regretful” (84). Why might Martin believe that beautiful things make us feel regretful?
Why might Anna have changed the subject when Stephen said she was “dreadfully tired” (147)?
Why might Stephen have named her first novel The Furrow?
Why is Stephen so bothered by Jonathan Brockett’s hands?
Mary surmises that Anna “could never have loved” (304) Stephen. Is there any evidence in this book that Anna loved Stephen?
Why is David’s perspective included in this novel?
As an adult, which attributes of Sir Philip’s does Stephen retain and which attributes does she lose touch with?
