![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is described (see “Times” Literary Supplement) as sincere, courageous, high-minded, and beautifully expressed. The book has been widely and favourably reviewed in the Press (see the numerous reviews forwarded to the Home Office by the publishers). Bodkin, I am asked for my observations is as to whether if the authoress of this novel were prosecuted “for obscene libel a jury would convict her”. I understand that the question upon which, in the absence of Sir A. 21 August, 1928 (Catalogue ref: DPP 1/88) Transcript The handwritten note by Home Secretary added at the end, said that prosecution would follow immediately if the book was not withdrawn by the publishers. A letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Home Office commenting on a book entitled: ‘The Well of Loneliness’ by Radclyffe Hall first published by Jonathan Cape Limited. ![]()
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