by D. H. Lawrence · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140182118
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«The Virgin and the Gypsy» is the short novel by D. H. Lawrence, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (96 pages, in English).
The novel, set in rural England at the beginning of the twentieth century, follows the daughter of a rector who lives trapped between social conventions and her longing for freedom. Her encounter with a gypsy awakens an attraction that confronts her with desire, fear and repression. A natural catastrophe will sweep away the world she knew.
Posthumous work by D. H. Lawrence, discovered in France and first published in 1930, the year of his death. This edition was published in 1990.
For readers of classic English fiction who want a brief sample of D. H. Lawrence and the themes of his work: repression, desire and social classes.
David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, travel writer, essayist, and painter. His modernist works reflect on modernity, social alienation and industrialisation, while championing sexuality, vitality and instinct. Four of his most famous novels – Sons and Lovers (1913), The Rainbow (1915), Women in Love (1920), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) – were the subject of censorship trials for their radical portrayals of romance, sexuality, and use of explicit language.
