num_pages: 368
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Lost Girl
titlecomplete: The Lost Girl
characters: Alvina Houghton
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, English Literature, Classic Literature, Fiction, Romance, British Literature
ratings_count: 948
awards: awardedAt: -1577894400000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Modern Library