Title: The Virgin and the Gypsy
Description: A posthumously published novella, the story tells of two sisters seemingly condemned to a drab and joyless existence with their father, a vicar, and their mean-spirited grandmother and aunt. When one of the girls befriends a Gypsy and a young unmarried couple, one of them a Jew, her father threatens to have her admitted to an asylum.
Subjects: Fiction, Novellas, Relationships, Prejudice in fiction, Romanies, Women, Young women, English Erotic stories, Resurrection, English Psychological fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Places: The Midlands, England
Time periods: Early 20th century, 1920's