The Lost Girl
Автор:
D. H. LawrenceЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2025-02-11Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
133
Description
Alvina Houghton is the only daughter of James Houghton, a merchant in the English Midlands whose business sense is insufficient to ensure his family’s prosperity. Alvina is independent-minded and struggles to fit in with the society around her—none of the available men spark her interest, and she begins training as a maternity nurse more out of a sense of obligation than of duty.
As her father’s business continues to do poorly, he decides to open a theater, with Alvina helping by playing the piano. A traveling troupe of international entertainers arrive, and Alvina soon falls in love with one of them, an Italian named Ciccio.
As the outbreak of the First World War looms, Alvina feels drawn to rural Italy to live with her...
