The Lost Girl

by D. H. Lawrence

Overview

The story is one of a deteriorating middle-class English family against the background of a drab, commercial town; and particularly of the girl of that family, one Alvina Houghton, who becomes "lost" in that she forswears caste and respectability to join a vaudeville troupe and have an affair.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012164940
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	01/10/2011
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

David Herbert Richards Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English author, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic. Lawrence has become famous for exploring the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization in his writings, along with human sexuality and emotional well-being.

Date of Birth:

September 11, 1885

Date of Death:

March 2, 1930

Place of Birth:

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

Place of Death:

Vence, France

Education:

Nottingham University College, teacher training certificate, 1908