Hermes Press
published Beresford Egan
and P. R. Stephensen
's The Sink of Solitude, a satire on the developing uproar over RH
's The Well of Loneliness and Sir William Joynson-Hicks
's role in it especially.
Allen, Paul. Beresford Egan: An Introduction to His Work. Scorpion Press, 1966.
13-15
Reception
Radclyffe Hall
Sir William Joynson-Hicks
, Home Secretary, wrote to order Jonathan CapeJonathan Cape
to discontinue publication of RH
's The Well of Loneliness, calling it inherently obscene and gravely detrimental to the public interest.
qtd. in
Cline, Sally. Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John. John Murray, 1997.
247
Cline, Sally. Radclyffe Hall: A Woman Called John. John Murray, 1997.
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15 June 1928: A new Book of Common Prayer, on which the...
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15 June 1928
A new Book of Common Prayer, on which the Church of England
had been working for years and which among other details deleted the word obey from women's marriage vows, was rejected by Parliament
