The Lost Girl

In a very famous context, D. H. Lawrence is himself famous for using a word beginning with ‘f’, a word that is infamous rather than famous. Mentioning this word and then repeating it got the author into some serious trouble that was not resolved until decades after his death. In this book, The Lost......more

The Lost Girl by D.H. Lawrence is a remarkable achievement of literary craftsmanship. Lawrence's meticulous attention to detail provides the reader with a penetrating look into one girl's world, a world of inner struggle. The flowering youth, Alvina, who has always been cared for by her father and h......more

A fascinating, lesser-known Lawrence novel that uses vaudeville as its backdrop and features a really terrific female protagonist. Well worth reading!......more

Em nota na edição do livro que li, chamou-me atenção a frase: "a reivindicação da paixão sexual como caminho para chegar à verdade e à realização integral do ser humano dominou toda a obra de D.H. Lawrence". Não cheguei a ler todos os livros deste autor, porém, me agrada pensar que alguns autores pos......more