The Lost Girl: A Novel (The Complete Novels of D. H. Lawrence 11 Volume Paperback Set) (Modern Library Classics (eBook)) (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence)

by D H Lawrence

Lee Siegel (Introduction)

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The Lost Girl, D. H. Lawrence’s forgotten novel, is a passionate tale of longing and sexual defiance, of devastation and destitution.

Alvina Houghton, the daughter of a widowed Midlands draper, comes of age just as her father’s business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure his daughter’s proper upbringing, James Houghton buys a theater. Among the traveling performers he employs is Ciccio, a sensual Italian who immediately captures Alvina’s attention. Fleeing with him to Naples, she leaves her safe world behind and enters one of sexual awakening, desire, and fleeting freedom.
  • ISBN10 0812969979
  • ISBN13 9780812969979
  • Publish Date 21 October 2003 (first published December 1955)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Modern Library Inc