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The lost girl / D.H. Lawrence ; introduction by Lee Siegel ; notes by Keith Cushman.
LIBRA Special PR6023.A93 L62 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
- Series:
- Modern Library classics
- The Modern Library classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young women--Fiction.
- Young women.
- British--Italy--Fiction.
- British.
- Italy.
- Circus performers--Fiction.
- Circus performers.
- Midlands (England)--Fiction.
- Midlands (England).
- Naples (Italy)--Fiction.
- Naples (Italy).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Psychological fiction.
- Love stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 368 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Library, 2003.
- Summary:
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 0812969979
- 9780812969979
- OCLC:
- 52269204
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