Radclyffe Hall - novel - 1924 - p. 75    

The Unlit Lamp is the debut novel of Radclyffe Hall, a famous lesbian writer and the author of The Well of Loneliness. The Unlit Lamp focuses on a girl named Joan and her fantasy of establishing a domestic life and partnership with a female friend while she studies toward becoming a doctor. Throughout the novel, Joan struggles to negotiate a difficult relationship with her mother--likely a reflection of Hall’s own struggles with her mother.

Key elements: Europe, homosexuality, lesbian