{"product_id":"2940169623765","title":"The Virgin and the Gypsy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1926...and published posthumously [without the authors customary revision] in 1930, \u003ci\u003eThe Virgin and the Gypsy\u003c\/i\u003e is a minor masterpiece in short story writing. It provides an excellent introduction to Lawrence¿s work, being a succinct distillation of his ideas about sexuality and its ability to transcend class barriers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvette and her sister Lucille come back from finishing school in Lausanne with a much broader outlook on life than the inhabitants of the cloistered world to which they return. Their mother left their father for another man leaving a pall of sterility in his newly gathered family: Uncle Fred, Aunt Cissie and Granny ¿ the `Mater¿ Stifled by the rigidity of life in the rectory in this small village in the East Midlands-a microcosm of established Christian belief the type of which Lawrence despised-Yvette finds herself drawn to a passing gypsy and her `budding flower¿ is awakened by his interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a torrential climax which symbolically sweeps away her old life she comes to fully realise and accept her sexual identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e©2010 Assembled Stories (P)2013 Assembled Stories\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Assembled Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114723918064,"sku":"2940169623765","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169623765_p0.jpg?v=1763689327","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169623765","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}