Sir Philip studies these books, but he finds it impossible to share what he has learned with either Stephen or her mother, Lady Anna. Sir Philip, in turn, turns to the popular psychological writers of the time to learn what kind of future lies ahead for his unusual daughter. Stephen turns to her father for understanding. It does not occur to Stephen that there is anything unusual about having a crush on a woman until she catches the object of her affection kissing a man. Stephen Gordon has her first crush at seven. The Well of Loneliness is a novel long before its time that is filled with the courage and strength its author had to have to put her story to paper. On her own, Stephen will find there are others out there like herself, even take a lover who gives her the happiness she thought she would never find, but the continuing lack of acceptance in society eventually takes all from Stephen, leaving her lost in a well of loneliness. When Stephen's father dies, Stephen is truly alone with her confusion, becoming involved in a love affair that will make her mother aware of what she is, causing an irreparable rift in their relationship.
Stephen's father understands, but is unable to find a way to explain what he knows to Stephen or her mother. Stephen grows up unaware that there is a name for the oddities in her behaviors and emotions. The novel is about Stephen Gordon, a young Englishwoman who is a lesbian, in a time when acceptance of this lifestyle was non-existent. The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall is a controversial novel that was banned at the time of its publication in 1928.
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