The Virgin and the Gipsy was discovered in France after D. H.Lawrence's death in 1930. Immediately recognized as a masterpiecein which Lawrence had distilled and purified his ideas aboutsexuality and morality, The Virgin and the Gipsy has become aclassic and is one of Lawrence's most electrifying shortnovels. Set in a small village in the English countryside, this is thestory of a secluded, sensitive rector's daughter who yearns formeaning beyond the life to which she seems doomed. When she meets ahandsome young gipsy whose life appears different from hers inevery way, she is immediately smitten and yet still paralyzed byher own fear and social convention. Not until a natural catastrophesuddenly, miraculously sweeps away the world as she knew it does anew world of passion open for her. Lawrence's spirit is infused byall his tenderness, passion, and knowledge of the human soul.
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