The Well of Loneliness

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by Radclyffe Hall

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Is there a horse that gets shot in this book?
Milena Reinherz They were mercy kills.
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How I can read the novel on line plz?
Ni It is in the Public Domain, now, and thus available on project Gutenberg's site.

https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/060...…moreIt is in the Public Domain, now, and thus available on project Gutenberg's site.

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The phrase 'The Well of Loneliness' seems to have first appeared in Lady Augusta Gregory's English translation of the haunting 8th-century Irish ballad 'Donal Og' (Young Donal), first published in Ireland the early 1900s. Does anyone know if the phrase has any earlier antecedents? I'm wondering if it has, perhaps, any biblical connotations, but have been unable to find any reference to its origins online.
Mike Stoten de are wells in scripture - in the OT and also in the New; where Jesus asks for water from a woman in a strange land. None are mentioned as being well…morede are wells in scripture - in the OT and also in the New; where Jesus asks for water from a woman in a strange land. None are mentioned as being wells of loneliness per se although the woman would have been pretty lonely given her antecedents!(less)
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