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The Lost Girl

Author
D. H. Lawrence
Read by
Jonathan Ellis
Language
English
Length
13 hours 39 minutes
ISBN
9781802563634
Published
11 March 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • love
  • identity
  • societal expectations
  • cultural barriers
  • class struggle
  • personal liberation
  • emotional authenticity
  • tradition
  • desire
  • rural life

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"The Lost Girl" by D.H. Lawrence is a poignant exploration of love, identity, and societal expectations in early 20th-century England. Alvina Houghton, a mill owner's daughter, feels trapped in her small town life until she meets Lorenzo, an Italian immigrant and charismatic musician. Their passionate yet complex relationship challenges cultural and class barriers. As Alvina struggles between duty to her family and her longing for freedom with Lorenzo, the novel delves into themes of personal liberation, emotional authenticity, and the tension between tradition and desire. Set against vivid rural landscapes, this story captures the search for meaning amidst societal constraints.

Author

D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) wrote as a prophet of authentic living in an age of machines. Novelist, poet, and essayist, he traced how industrial England suffocated instinct — and how love, nature, and honest desire might restore it. From the coal-country childhood of Sons and Lovers to the contested passion of Lady Chatterley's Lover, his fiction asks what it means to be fully alive when society prefers you obedient.

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