Title: The lost girl /
Authors: Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930
Publisher: Modern Library,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Young women Fiction.; British Italy Fiction; Circus performers Fiction; Midlands (England) Fiction.; Naples (Italy) Fiction.
Abstract: 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.