Challenge was Vita Sackville-West\'s second novel.
Vita\'s love affair with Violet Trefusis had reached its peak, and, eloping to France, they decided to abandon everything and everyone - childre.
Challenge was published in the USA in 1923 but remained unpublished and banned in the UK for over fifty years.
This was not because she lacked confidence in her work, but because of the scandal it would have caused.
It was ready to go to print in 1920, but the author suddenly changed her mind.
Challenge was Vita Sackville-West\'s second novel