{"product_id":"the-virgin-and-the-gipsy-9780679740773","title":"The Virgin and the Gipsy","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying short novel published posthumously set in a small village in the English countryside and tells the story of a sheltered rector's daughter whose life is changed when she is introduced to a world of unfettered passion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Virgin and the Gipsy was discovered in France after D. H. Lawrence's death in 1930. Immediately recognized as a masterpiece in which Lawrence had distilled and purified his ideas about sexuality and morality, The Virgin and the Gipsy has become a classic and is one of Lawrence's most electrifying short novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in a small village in the English countryside, this is the story of a secluded, sensitive rector's daughter who yearns for meaning beyond the life to which she seems doomed. When she meets a handsome young gipsy whose life appears different from hers in every way, she is immediately smitten and yet still paralyzed by her own fear and social convention. Not until a natural catastrophe suddenly, miraculously sweeps away the world as she knew it does a new world of passion open for her. Lawrence's spirit is infused by all his tenderness, passion, and knowledge of the human soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679740773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.14w x 0.43d","brand":"D. H. Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44978640847029,"sku":"9780679740773","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d65eb811-6e7c-4fe9-b9ca-502e1865a8e5.jpg?v=1735063985","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-virgin-and-the-gipsy-9780679740773","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}