The Lost Girl

This article is about DH Lawrence novel. For other uses, see Lost Girl.

The Lost Girl
First US edition
Author	D. H. Lawrence
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Martin Secker (UK) Thomas Seltzer (US)
Publication date	1920^[1]
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages	371
OCLC	432428229
Dewey Decimal	823/.912 19
LC Class	PR6023.A93 L62 1981
Preceded by	Women in Love
Followed by	Aaron's Rod

The Lost Girl is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1920. It was awarded the 1920 James Tait Black Memorial Prize in the fiction category. Lawrence started it shortly after writing Women in Love, and worked on it only sporadically until he completed it in 1920.^[2]

Synopsis

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.

Editions

The Lost Girl (1920), edited by John Worthen, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1981, ISBN 0-521-22263-X.
The Lost Girl, pub. New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1921. Online edition at Google Books. Snippet view, USA Only.

References

External links

D. H. Lawrence

Novels	The White Peacock (1911) The Trespasser (1912) Sons and Lovers (1913) The Rainbow (1915) Women in Love (1920) The Lost Girl (1920) Aaron's Rod (1922) Kangaroo (1923) The Boy in the Bush (1924) The Plumed Serpent (1926) John Thomas and Lady Jane (1927) Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) The Escaped Cock (1929) Mr Noon (unfinished)

Short stories and novellas	"Odour of Chrysanthemums" (1911) The Fox (1923) The Captain's Doll (1923) The Ladybird (1923) St Mawr (1925) The Princess (1925) "The Rocking-Horse Winner" (1926) The Virgin and the Gipsy (1930)

Short story collections	The Prussian Officer and Other Stories (1914) England, My England and Other Stories (1922) The Woman who Rode Away (1928)

Plays	The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1914)

Poetry	Birds, Beasts and Flowers (1923)

Travel books	Sea and Sardinia (1921) Mornings in Mexico (1927) Sketches of Etruscan Places and other Italian essays (1932)

Non-fiction books and pamphlets	Movements in European History (1921) Studies in Classic American Literature (1923)

Compendiums	The Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence Penguin Lawrence Edition

Related	D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum D. H. Lawrence Ranch D. H. Lawrence Heritage Centre Frieda Lawrence (wife) Priest of Love (1981/1985 film) R v Penguin Books Ltd The Chatterley Affair Films based on works D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study

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