The Lost Girl
by D. H. Lawrence
Alvina Houghton, the daughter of wealthy merchants in the fictional mining town of Woodhouse, struggles to find excitement in the provincial environment and worries that she is doomed to become an old maid. After her plans to go to Australia with her lover and train as a nurse in London lead to nothing, she joins a traveling theatre group and surrenders to the magic of a dark, passionate Italian Ciccio. While not having the same level of fame today as Sons and Lovers or Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Lost Girl was once so successful, won the prestigious 1920 James Tate Black Memorial Award, and remains Lawrence's classic sensual awakening novel and quest for freedom.
