'series="The Albatross modern continental library"' in OBA Collectie

"A work of extraordinary beauty in which the protagonist, an English schoolgirl, twice develops strong attachments, once to a student who is a Lesbian, and then to a man whose own sexual temperament prevents him from responding to the offer of love." (D...

Fascination with strong, young men appears in the nude swimming scene.

De vriendschap tussen Rupert Birkin en Gerald Crich is duidelijk homo-erotisch. - In de hier niet afgedrukte proloog mijmert Birkin over de aantrekkingskracht die jonge, sterke mannen op hem hebben.

Set in Edwardian England, the book deals with the relationship between Rebecca, a young girl, and Sibyl Jardine, a complicated and domineering elderly woman. Contemporary reviewers compared the novel to the work of Henry James, though the book's feminis...