num_pages: 252
description: Two short novels which affirm the powers of instinct and intuition in their struggles against the constraints of civilisation. St Mawr is a tempestuous Welsh stallion who forces Lou Carrington towards an awareness of life, exposing the withered roots of her marriage to a talentless artistThe Virgin and the Gipsy, which anticipates Lady Chatterley's Lover in theme, is the reverent tale of a young girl's emotional awakening in the elemental presence of a gipsy.
language: English
title: St. Mawr and The Virgin and the Gypsy
titlecomplete: St. Mawr and The Virgin and the Gypsy
genres: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Penguin