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Title details for The Lost Girl by D. H. Lawrence - Available

The Lost Girl

by D. H. Lawrence
Johanna Ward
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Perhaps D. H. Lawrence's most beautiful, thoroughly contemporary love story, The Lost Girl charts the journey of a woman caught between two worlds and two lives: one mired in convention in industrial England, the other promising sensual liberation in the vibrant landscape of Italy. 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 Naples-born Cicio, a vaudeville dancer who draws Alvina into a dance of seduction, awakening her desire as she defies her stifling upper-class life for a fleeting chance at freedom.

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  • Release date

    March 22, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781483069999
      • File size: 444686 KB
      • Duration: 15:26:25

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 9-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Part of the magic of audiobooks is that they allow one to enjoy works that might be difficult to digest in print form. So it is (for this listener, at least) with Lawrence's tale of a young woman's quest to find herself; it might seem endless in print, but narrator Johanna Ward makes the journey pleasant. She takes the listener through Alvina Houghton's struggles with a dreaming father, sickly mother, and rejected suitors. Ward's characterizations give the listener vocal snapshots of the key players. Perhaps the most satisfying part of Alvina's journey to Italy is not her romance, but the spark that Ward brings to that country's language. J.J.B. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      March 15, 2003
      First published in 1920, shortly after Lawrence's better-known Women in Love, this novel explores one of his favorite themes: women who marry beneath their station. Its English heroine, Alvina Houghton, escapes spinsterhood by marrying an Italian, ignoring the advice of her friends and family in favor of the man's warmth and understanding. As the story unfolds, she is torn between two worlds separated by vast differences in culture and class. It is a tale that should appeal to modern listeners, and Johanna Ward's precisely modulated narration makes it a treat to hear. However, it is unfortunate that the text used is evidently the original censored version, which was issued without Lawrence's approval, when a restored version has been available for more than 20 years.-R. Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA

      Copyright 2003 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:9-12

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