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The Virgin and the Gipsy

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An 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.听听

The 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.

Set 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.

156 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1930

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D.H. Lawrence

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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English writer of the 20th century, whose prolific and diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism, and personal letters. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, human sexuality and instinct.

Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage." At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel. He is now generally valued as a visionary thinker and a significant representative of modernism in English literature.

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Profile Image for Vit Babenco.
1,697 reviews5,237 followers
April 30, 2023
The Virgin and the Gypsy is a rather short novel but it is deep and as turbulent as a whirlpool and it is the quintessential D.H. Lawrence
When the vicar鈥檚 wife went off with a young and penniless man the scandal knew no bounds. Her two little girls were only seven and nine years old respectively. And the vicar was such a good husband. True, his hair was grey. But his moustache was dark, he was handsome, and still full of furtive passion for his unrestrained and beautiful wife.
Why did she go? Why did she burst away with such an 茅clat of revulsion, like a touch of madness?

D.H. Lawrence knows the answer 鈥� he is one of the most experienced swimmers in the dark undercurrents of human psyche.
Everyday life may easily turn into a prison 鈥� a cage of despotic upbringing, a gaol of conformity, a dungeon of religion, an oubliette of conventionalities鈥�
In his eyes, she was just brazening out the depravity that underlay her virgin, tender, bird-like face. She-who-was-Cynthia had been like this: a snowflower. And he had convulsions of sadistic horror, thinking what might be the actual depravity of She-who-was-Cynthia. Even his own love for her, which had been the lust love of the born cowed, had been a depravity, in secret, to him. So what must an illegal love be?
鈥榊ou know best yourself, what you have got,鈥� he sneered. 鈥楤ut it is something you had best curb, and quickly, if you don鈥檛 intend to finish in a criminal-lunacy asylum.鈥�
鈥榃hy?鈥� she said, pale and muted, numbed with frozen fear. 鈥榃hy criminal lunacy? What have I done?鈥�

To escape this suffocating prison of everyday living we need some inner cataclysmic flood, some emotional quake to rescue us and set us free.
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2,811 reviews1,430 followers
May 6, 2023
Here is a love story to my liking. No, I cannot start with that, it will be misunderstood. It is a love story and more.

Second try. Here is a story that captures the attraction that in the blink of an eye can spring up between two people. If you have felt this, you will know what I mean and recognize the feelings. They鈥檙e physical, emotional and all engulfing.

That is not enough either. The novel has more.

The story captures the tensions of family relationships. Emotions are felt as electricity. How is this achieved? Through the prose. Through what the characters say to one another.

The prose is stunning. The prose makes the book.

, with just a few select words, gets across the contradictions that lie in what a person says, feels and thinks. Here is one example: with one word, the word hush repeated several times, Lawrence conveys quickly that one should not be thinking, saying or feeling what the person is thinking, saying or feeling.

What society demands of a person is conveyed too--the book is set after the First World War in the English Midlands. We are served up a rector's family...and a gipsy.

Here, in this short novel, Lawrence draws places and people superbly.

The story exudes the joy of life, if one dares to grab it. It skewers social conventions and hypocrisy.

I like how the story conveys, without being explicit, strong sexual attraction.

I like how the story ends鈥攈inting at what the future may hold.

The version I listened to is the author's unaltered manuscript, discovered in 1930 after his death.

On buying the audiobook I was told the narrator would be Georgina Sutton, but it wasn鈥檛! We are told both at the beginning and at its end that Margaret Hilton is the narrator. Perhaps the narrator uses two names? This is possible since many narrators do this. In any case, Margaret Hilton does a fantastic job. Her pacing and where she pauses are perfect. You want to have time to suck on the author鈥檚 words. This she gives you. Her tone of voice is perfect. If you choose to listen to this novel, I recommend you listen to Margaret Hilton鈥檚 narration. The narration I have given five stars. The recording I listened to is done by Recorded Books. It has the release date 12-27-13 and the title has a 鈥測鈥� instead of an 鈥渋鈥� in gipsy! It has a red cover with a white square in the middle showing two figures standing between two trees. I picked it up at Audible in the US. Hope you can find it.

ETA: Audible.com has now corrected previously incorrect information--Margaret Hilton is the correct narrator of the audiobook!

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Profile Image for Jamie.
401 reviews496 followers
November 29, 2023
Hey, you guys, did you know that Yvette is a virgin? She's very virginal. The most virgin-est virgin ever to virgin. I mean, really, really virgin-y. The best virgin. Puts other virgins to shame, really.

Oh, and also she hates her grandma and thinks a gypsy is dreamy and dares to hang out with a semi-divorced "Jewess" (gasp! the horror!). And did I mention her perfectly virginal virginity yet? Because she is a virgin, you know.

There, I've summarized the plot for you so you don't have to read it. You're welcome.
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828 reviews467 followers
January 2, 2018
I have read almost everything D.H. Lawrence wrote, loved all of it, and thought I had seen his best, that is until I picked up this short novel. It was found and published after his death, and in my view it may be his best work. His characters, especially his female characters, are some of the best in English literature, and that doesn鈥檛 change in this little jewel of repressed passion and temptation.

5 Stars.
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September 3, 2020
A lovely manner of rendering a lovely tale. Short enough but oddly interesting. And I was surprised to find myself immersed in a sort of happy version of George Eliot's famous novel, The Mill on the Floss. Well, that is to say not in the whole body of the text, but especially the ending. A good read, while I am still patiently chewing on these two simple sentences: "Be braver in your body, or your luck will go.", and "Listen for the voice of water." ;)
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173 reviews61 followers
December 5, 2023
"賵賯鬲蹖 賴賲爻乇 讴卮蹖卮 亘丕 賲乇丿蹖 噩賵丕賳 賵 亘蹖鈥屬举堎� 賮乇丕乇 讴乇丿貙 丕賮鬲囟丕丨蹖 亘乇倬丕 卮丿 讴賴 賳诏賵 賵 賳倬乇爻."
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1,480 reviews491 followers
September 13, 2021
4,5*
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鈥淓stava l谩 脿 espera de que Leo a pedisse em casamento! Seria como esperar que o velho Rover, o c茫o Terra Nova, a pedisse em casamento. Ficar noiva de qualquer homem da terra? N茫o, Deus do c茅u, n茫o era poss铆vel imaginar nada mais rid铆culo! (...)
- H谩 algo em mim que eles n茫o v锚em e nunca h茫o-de ver 鈥� disse ela, zangada, para si pr贸pria. E ao mesmo tempo, sentiu-se aliviada por eles n茫o verem nem conseguirem ver. (...)
Ela n茫o queria acasalar com um c茫o dom茅stico."

Muitos conflitos geracionais e uma enorme tens茫o sexual nesta novela soberba de D.H. Lawrence. As personagens mais velhas s茫o detest谩veis, extremamente bem caracterizadas no seu confronto com as duas raparigas mais jovens, filhas de um vig谩rio hip贸crita e de uma mulher que fugiu com um homem mais novo. D.H. Lawrence tem o cond茫o de ser desconcertante.
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Author听6 books32k followers
December 20, 2022
Since I saw that that someone had liked my review of Lady Chatterley's Lover, I looked for a novel I had not read by Lawrence and this short novel came up. It was not published in his lifetime. Sometimes I thought of it as a shorter version of Lady Chatterley, without all of the intense conversations about social and political issues; in other words, we just get to the sex! But just to say, nothing here is as explicit as Lady C, sorry, or maybe that works better for you.

Teresa, a young daughter of a rector, encounters a gypsy passing through town; he is Darcy, Heathcliff, dark, steamy, swarthy, arrogant, gorgeous. And she has never been looked at by anyone before as he looks at her. The object of desire, animal lust, but he is restrained, never acts as she takes this all in. She is a small town girl steeped in family and societal conventions, middle-class, and this man is a gypsy, a tramp, as her father makes clear to her. Trash! And her stuffy, religious grandmother also lays it on thick to her. Cold, proper, living within the lines. A repression of the body. And trust me, the gypsy is all body, all the time!

Girls get together at some points to discuss sex, lust, and morality. As in any Lawrence, desire--defamed by church and society--is a good thing, the purest spiritual experience! Holy! They know the profane, clueless boys in town who want sex: Not acceptable. Shallow. And life without boys: Also unacceptable. True desire is like a flame, it's special, it needs to be fed. And this gypsy might be something different than any man or boy she has encountered. But Teresa needs something to push her over the edge, or into his arms.

The big finish is--I won't say too much (restraint is very important in romance and reviews of romance, a mere suggestion may suffice)--about an actual dam breaking, the waters flowing, the very foundation of her house threatened. Too on the nose? Well, maybe, but let's just say this is a moment in which the gypsy is important in revealing possibilities for a different future for Teresa. I'd like to say more, but it's already obvious that this dramatic scene is heavily symbolic. I really liked it a lot, though, and recommend it if you want to try a shorter Lawrence with a little heat in it. The gypsy is not even named, though in the closing the narrator acknowledges that fact; he's a key to the beginnings of Teresa's self-understanding, a kind of symbol in himself.
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186 reviews214 followers
December 7, 2023
亘賴 賯賵賱 賲賳鬲賯丿 賲賳賮賵乇 : 丿乇賳蹖丕賲丿賴.
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392 reviews140 followers
August 21, 2017
This is why God gave us writers. Literary perfection. Adding this to my all time favourites list.

Extended review.
The Virgin and the Gipsy
First published 1930

List of characters
Chapt. I
Vicar's delinquent wife Cynthia
Young penniless man, (who Cynthia took off with)
Arthur Saywell, the vicar/rector, aged 47 years
Lucille and Yvette, the vicar's two young daughters
The Mater - Granny, the Vicar's mother, over 70 years
Aunt Cissie, the Vicar's sister, over 40
Uncle Fred, the vicar's brother, aged 40

Chapt. II
Lucille, now nearly twenty-one
Yvette, now nineteen
The Framleys
听Gerry Somercotes
听Lottie Framley
听Ella Framley
听Bob Framley
Leo Wetherall
Lady Louth
Joe Boswell, the gipsy, served in Major Eastwood's regiment
Gipsy woman fortune teller, big, swathy, wolf-like, black hair
Elderly gipsy woman
Mrs Fawcett, finely formed 'little jewess', rich bourgeois, aged 36, divorced Simon Fawcett
Major Eastward, big blonde man, athletic, driver with Mrs Fawcett
Aunt Lucy
Aunt Nell
Aunt Alice

Quote p.19 'It is very much easier to shatter prison bars than to open undiscovered doors of life. As the younger generation find out somewhat to its chagrin.'

P. 64 'Yvette did not tell the rector or Granny about the Eastwards. It would only have started a lot of talk which she detested. The Rector wouldn't have minded, for himself, privately. But he to, knew the necessity of keeping as clear as possible from that poisonous, many-headed serpent, the tongue of the people.'

P. 68 'The rector heard about Yvette's intimacy with the Eastwoods, and she was somewhat startled by the result. She had thought he wouldn't care. Verbally, in his would-be humorous fashion, he was entirely unconventional, such a frightfully good sport. As he said himself, he was a conservative anarchist; which meant he was like a great many more people, a mere unbeliever. The anarchy extended to his humorous talk, and his secret thinking. The conservatism, based on a mongrel fear of anarchy, controlled every action. His thoughts, secretly, were something to be scared of. Therefore, in his life, he was fanatically afraid of the conventional.'
There is an interesting conversation between father and daughter on pages 68 to 71.
The rector sneeringly describes Major Eastward as 'the maquereau'. Yvette doesn't know what that is, 'but felt the poison of the rectors fangs.'

I looked up 'maquereau'. = mackeral (slang) from French
maquelel (mod. MAQUEREAU, - elle), broker, whence, also makelare. A procurer or procuress; a pimp.

The section on p.72 hits the same note, reference, mental approach as Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
'Outwardly she remained the same. It was part of her game. While circumstances remained as they were, she must remain, at least in听 appearance, true to what was expected of her.'

P.73 'Yvette lashes out in a mood of irritable depression. ". . .shutting Lucille and me out. We're nothing but outsiders in this beastly house!"
The rector was the perfect fascist. Threatening his daughter with the criminal insane asylum if and when she protested her independence.'

P.74 The Gipsy - 'Being of a race that exists to be harrying the outskirts of our society, forever hostile and living only by spoil, he was too much master of himself, and too wary, to expose himself openly to the vast and gruesome clutch of our law. He had been through the war. He had been enslaved against his will, that time.'

Lawrence's genius reminds us that there are alternatives to live in mind and body than to the line of conventional establishment expectations and rules. The voice of the great sub culture.
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792 reviews103 followers
October 12, 2013
A very beautiful short story by D. H. Lawrence that shows his mastery in describing and displaying the complex nature of the human drives, relationships, and sexuality! It is a daring story that - like many of his novels - addresses the hidden forces of the sexual drive and repression on person, which are pivotal in a materialistic world. A major theme that is reminiscent of his major novel 鈥淟ady Chatterley鈥檚 Lover鈥� is the role of the primitive forces, namely sex, in the human life and existence, which brings satisfaction and meaning to people鈥檚 life in the modern world. According to Lawrence modernity as well as industrialization affects human鈥檚 relationship and social life, to name a few. I loved the skillful depiction of the characters, the dynamic and dramatic plot, and the ups and downs in the life of the family. I particularly loved the relationship between Yvette and the gypsy Jo, and the non-verbal communication and mutual chemistry between both of them. It is a story that attracts your attention from the first page, and makes you unable to leave it until you have reached the last page. Finally, although this is a short story, but it is full of layers of meaning that one may discover upon reading it more than once.
Profile Image for trestitia 獾娾祳獾� deamorski.
1,520 reviews448 followers
September 5, 2024
Ya b枚yle k谋p谋r k谋p谋r, f谋k谋r f谋k谋r, cay谋r cay谋r bir kitap.

鈥�... adam onun 眉st眉nde g眉莽 kazanm谋艧t谋. G枚lgesi k谋z谋n 眉st眉ndeydi.
Adamsa kahvesini 眉flerken tek bir 艧eyin, k谋z谋n bakireli臒inin gizemli meyvesinin ve bedeninin ola臒an眉st眉 tatl谋l谋臒谋n谋n fark谋ndayd谋.
[...]
脟ingene onun orada oldu臒unun t眉m varl谋臒谋yla fark谋ndayd谋, bir g枚lgenin 枚z眉, bekleyi艧i ve hep yerinde kal谋艧谋 gibi onu bekliyordu.鈥�


Ya艧asayd谋, bu sensual + sexual tav谋r new york times best sellerlar listesini sikip atard谋.

陌莽im g谋d谋kland谋, y眉re臒im hoplad谋, midem d眉臒眉mlendi.
{Bir romance'dan ba艧ka ne bekliyorum zaten.}

Nys. Fangirlinge d枚neriz.

艦枚yle bir aile var:
鈥� S眉ms眉k papaz baba
鈥� Terk eden anne
鈥� Histerik ye艧il hala
鈥� 陌htiyatl谋 枚zg眉venli abla
鈥� 陌ktidardaki bencil babaanne
鈥� 脰fkeli bakire Yvette
鈥� Gizemli seksi 莽ingene

M眉thi艧 bir coming of age desem kimse bana bi艧i diyemez. (Bunu google enter'lad谋m ve sonu莽 alamad谋m 莽ok 艧a艧k谋n谋m)

M眉thi艧 bir ayr谋 d眉nyalar谋n insanlar谋n谋n yaz a艧k谋 dersem de bi艧i diyemezsiniz. Hem zengin k谋z fakir o臒lan, hem 谋rksal fark, hem forbidden (莽ingene evli), hem age gap,,, Yvette'n谋n tamamen z谋tt谋 bi de oh boy.
{Daha ne kadar trope laz谋m hojam}

Yvette'e asi/isyankar demektense 枚fkeli demeyi 枚zellikle tercih ederim. D枚nemine g枚re 枚yle olabilir ama o asili臒in temelinde 枚fke yat谋yor diye d眉艧眉n眉yorum; Yvette ablas谋 (ve arkada艧谋 ve yolda艧谋) gibi 艧artlar谋 kabul edip etraf谋ndan dola艧m谋yor, kodlanm谋艧 olan do臒ru/iyi - yanl谋艧/k枚t眉 kal谋plar谋na (en insanc谋l yorumla) g枚rmezden gelerek devam etmiyor, elindekilerle de yetinmiyor; Bir nevi Belle gibi Yvette "bu k枚yden daha fazlas谋 var" inanc谋yla, ya da bilin莽siz talebiyle yan谋yor.

Arzu demiyorum 莽眉nk眉 i莽tepiden gelen talep do臒uruyor bu arzuyu. Arzusunun nesnesi de 莽ingene oluyor, bu y眉zden 莽ingenenin bir ad谋 yok (kitab谋n sonuna kadar). Ve Yvette'nin bekaretini kaybedi艧i, bacak aras谋ndaki derinin de臒il bilincinin y谋rt谋l谋艧la oluyor- daha fazlas谋n谋n oldu臒unun fark谋na vararak. Kitap boyunca bakirelik safl谋k/temizlik olarak dillendirilse de sembolize etti臒i 艧ey fark谋nda olmay谋艧 da ayn谋 zamanda; sevgi, a艧k, kendi, bedeni, cinselli臒i,,,

Annesi taraf谋ndan terk edilen, babaannesinin bask谋s谋 alt谋nda -yan谋nda bonus deli hala ile- tecritvari bir ortamda yeti艧en bakireden de 莽ok bi艧ey beklenemez.
{陌lk g枚rd眉臒眉 bad boya d眉艧er. Hay谋r 枚z眉r dilemicem.}

'Ad谋 an谋lmayan' annesinin de y谋rt谋lan bakireli臒i(!) dir belki de, babalar谋n谋 terk edip be艧 paras谋z kendinden k眉莽眉k bir adamla gitmesine sebep.
Kendi gibi.

鈥�... bir ucuz cinsellik var, bir de ucuz olmayan 枚b眉r眉. Korkun莽 derece karma艧谋k ger莽ekten! Ben, s谋radan insanlardan tiksiniyorum. S谋radan olmayan insanlara kar艧谋 da -cinsel s枚zc眉臒眉ne tiksintisini g枚steren bir vurguyla-cinsel bir d眉rt眉 duymuyorum. Belki de ben cinsellik denen 艧eyden yoksunum.鈥�

Abla Lucille'nin laflar谋. {Good girl}

Lawrence zaten her kitab谋nda 'cinsel 枚zg眉rl眉k diyerek ancak s谋臒la艧t谋r谋labilecek' bir 丑眉谤谤颈测别迟 anlatm谋yor mu?

鈥淜orkak do臒anlarsa do臒al tutsaklard谋r ve derinlerdeki i莽g眉d眉leri, boyunduruklar谋n谋n ans谋z谋n boyunlar谋na kilitlenece臒i korkusuyla onlar谋 zehirli bir deh艧et i莽erisinde b谋rak谋r.鈥�


Kendini ger莽ekle艧tiren kehanet k谋sm谋ndan 莽枚z眉mlemek hi莽 istemiyorum.

Lawrance'谋n yapt谋臒谋 di臒er ele艧tirileri, yerden yere vuru艧lar谋 [sadakat gibi]* aktarmaya keza gerek yok, ayr谋ca muazzam karakter analizleri var, papaz 眉zerine bile 莽ok莽a konu艧abiliriz, en ilgi 莽ekici olan ise hala benim i莽in.

[*] Der ki s. 15 "Tedbir ve sadakat d眉nyay谋 y枚netmeliydi! Vars谋n aile 颈莽颈苍诲别 olabildi臒ince nefret ve s眉rt眉艧me olsun. D谋艧 d眉nyaya kar艧谋 parmakl谋klarla 莽evrili bir birlik olmak zorundayd谋lar." Lawrence "To the outer world, a stubborn fence of unison" diyor buna, Yvette ve di臒erleri, hem kendi hem biraradal谋klar谋yla ger莽ekten de hapis gibilerdir.
Ama konumuz bu de臒il.
Kitap bitince 'ulan hakketten' diyosun, tatl谋 ve 枚fkeli bakiremize sad谋k kalan bir 脟ingenedir, kendine has sadakatiyle; 莽眉nk眉 onu k眉莽眉mseyen halk谋n 'bildi臒inin' aksine yalan s枚ylememi艧tir, Yvette'i kand谋rmam谋艧t谋r, Yvette'ten bir 艧ey 莽almam谋艧t谋r, hatta o parmakl谋klardan kurtulmas谋 i莽in onu zorlamam谋艧t谋r bile. {rivayet ge莽mi艧 zaman谋n bildirilmesini daha s谋ralayabilirim.}

{A艧谋r谋yorumculu臒u sizden 枚臒renecek de臒ilim.}

鈥�... Yvette'nin y眉re臒i art谋k ko艧ullara kar艧谋 脟ingene'nin bak谋r谋na vuran 莽ekici kadar sert at谋yordu. [...] Neredeyse onunla gidip, parya bir 脟ingene kad谋n谋 olmay谋 y眉re臒inde bulabilecekti.鈥�


Eh, bakiremiz de kafa kar谋艧谋kl谋臒谋 ve oturmam谋艧 karakter ile ancak olumlanabilecek bir 蝉补诲补办补迟蝉颈锄濒颈臒别 riyakarl谋臒a sahip.

Bu kitab谋n 脟ingenenin evli olamay谋p k谋zla ka莽t谋臒谋 ve b枚lge halk谋yla m眉cadele etti臒i historical erotik romance'谋n谋n yaz谋lmas谋 laz谋m.

Halaya neden ye艧il dedi臒ime dair bir fikrim yok ama bir bildi臒im vard谋r, ona dememi艧 olma ihtimalim de var elbette
xoxoxo
iko


PS: 1970 yap谋m谋 uyarlamas谋n谋 sevmedim. Joanna Shimkus katana gibi kalm谋艧, Franco Nero da daha 莽ok survivor finalisti gibi. Ve tabii ki 70 ruhuna yak谋艧谋r salt cinsellik ve toplumsal propaganda 枚ne ge莽mi艧.
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March 5, 2021
Este livro bem que se poderia chamar "A virgem, o cigano e a cheia", j谩 que no final esta 煤ltima 茅 que resolveu, mais ou menos, a hist贸ria toda. :P

Claro que a hist贸ria n茫o foi nada do que eu imaginei pelo t铆tulo. Definitivamente tenho de me deixar dessas coisas de tentar adivinhar o enredo pelo t铆tulo. N茫o 茅 algo que aconte莽a frequentemente, mas quando acontece d谩 sempre asneira. :D

Uma hist贸ria com uma protagonista intrigante,. Gostei da Yvette e n茫o posso deixar de pensar que, depois do final do livro, ela foi ter com o Joe Boswell. Foi uma leitura agrad谩vel para uma tarde de sol como a de hoje.
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August 23, 2010
The first D.H. Lawrence story I read was "The Rocking-Horse Winner", a tale I found quite disturbing. His posthumous novella The Virgin and the Gypsy, I think, is equally disconcerting in terms of imagery and implication.

Yvette is unhappy with her current situation. She鈥檚 a rector鈥檚 daughter and is forced to cope with Mater, her domineering grandmother, and spinster Aunt, who consider her the reincarnation of her treacherous Mother. All Yvette desires is to have some peace and freedom to pursue her goals. (Picture a combination of Isabel Archer and Ursula Brangwen.) She鈥檚 passionate, her main desire being to find someone with whom she could fall desperately in love. She鈥檚 not especially enamored with the boys she knows from the town; she鈥檚 unsatisfied. There鈥檚 a dominance issue: She feels that she has more power and influence over them than they have over her. But then, she meets the gypsy.

The power this gypsy holds over Yvette was what I considered disturbing and creepy. The moment he stares into her eyes, boring into them, she becomes mesmerized and no longer has any voluntary control over her actions. She becomes his pawn, to do with as he pleases. I can sort of understand this gypsy mystery and influence, from the stories my mom told me about the gypsy children she met when she traveled in Ireland. But the strange thing is the implication that he鈥檚 not a born gypsy. This was the life he chose after serving in WW1鈥攈is way of coping with the post-traumatic stress. Another thing I didn鈥檛 quite like, is that she knows he has a gypsy 鈥渨ife鈥� and children. When she asks him how many children he has, he again peers into her eyes and responds, 鈥淪ay five鈥� 鈥攂asically insinuating five babies he knows of. To Yvette, this revelation is negligible and doesn鈥檛 seem to matter.

Another aspect of the book that was equally disconcerting is the book鈥檚 take on aging. Initially, the descriptions were fine, there was even some humor interspersed across the text. However, the descriptions of Mater become so increasingly surreal and macabre that it was rather hard to mentally visualize. And to tell the truth, I鈥檓 glad of it; it鈥檚 definitely not a picture I want to have in my mind鈥檚 eye. I recently read Hardy鈥檚 , a book that also describes aging and decrepitude, but in a completely different manner. Hardy adds humor to the descriptions, but there鈥檚 still respect there. Here, age is completely trashed.

Nevertheless, the ending is quite unexpected, and it redeemed the book for me. The little note and the visual picture it produces makes a great contrast to the image that鈥檚 portrayed across the novella. A great use of irony. Loved it!
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Author听9 books264 followers
August 24, 2017
An incredible multi-layered short story - such an ingenious ending, if you read it carefully.
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Author听2 books779 followers
December 8, 2019
Lawrence鈥櫮� seviyorum. Hatta benim favori 陌ngiliz yazarlar谋mdan oldu臒unu s枚yleyebilirim rahatl谋kla. Onun viktoryen ahlaka olan cesur kar艧谋tl谋臒谋n谋 ilham verici buluyorum. Bu kitab谋nda da 鈥榞enel ge莽er bask谋c谋 ahlak鈥� ile 鈥樏秡g眉r ruhu鈥� kar艧谋 kar艧谋ya getiriyor. Toplumun d谋艧谋na itilmi艧 ve yasaklanm谋艧 bir yazar olarak duru艧unu bozmamas谋, cinsellik konusundaki kararl谋 duru艧unu sonuna kadar s眉rd眉rmesini sayg谋yla selaml谋yorum. Lawrence gibiler sayesinde insanlar daha mutlu olacak, umuyorum. 脗艧谋k olun, sevin, sevi艧in ve Lawrence鈥櫮� okuyun tabi卯 ki.

陌yi okumalar.

7/10
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139 reviews74 followers
March 1, 2022
Talora fa male vedere immagini di modelli o attori dei quali fummo invaghiti lustri addietro, al tempo dei nostri anni verdi: spesso il tempo 猫 stato inclemente con loro; e, al pari dei bellissimi 诲鈥檃苍迟补苍, poich茅 habent sua fata libelli, non sempre i libri sanno invecchiar bene, andando anzi spesso incontro a fata decisamente tristi: bench茅 ci si chieda qualche volta se, al contrario di modelli e attori, bellissimi lo fossero mai stati. Prendiamo, tanto per dire, questo romanzo breve (o racconto lungo, fate vobis; non ho mai ben compresa la differenza鈥�), che, venendo da cotanto autore e con cotanto titolo, il lettore minimamente smaliziato gi脿 s鈥檌mmagina dove vada a parare: io cerco appunto di mettermi nei panni d鈥檜n lettore di circa novant鈥檃nni fa, per figurarmi se e quanto potesse sonare rivoluzionario allora; ma non ostanti gli sforzi, non riesco a farmelo piacere. Va detto che dall鈥檌nizio alla fine non fa che sparare cannonate a lavorare di randello contro la rispettabilit脿 borghese; ma sar脿 pure che codesta rispettabilit脿 borghese nell鈥檜ltimo secolo, e viepi霉 nell鈥檜ltimo mezzo secolo, ha pigliato tante di quelle legnate che ormai c鈥檌spira pi霉 simpatia e tenerezza che aborrimento, c鈥櫭� da dire che Lawrence, a conti fatti, 猫 assai meno rivoluzionario di quanto sembri e di quanto voglia. La famiglia rispettabile in cui vive la vergine del titolo non appartiene a quella borghesia solida e abbiente cui siamo avvezzi da tanta narrativa inglese: sono piccolissimi borghesi di campagna, praticamente popolani, col capofamiglia parroco, probabilmente metodista (e anticamente abbandonato da una moglie fedifraga, evidentemente stanca di quell鈥檃mbientino frizzante), ma in un paesello tetro, e una madre decrepita, lagnosa e tirannica, una sorella zitella e acidissima, un fratello scapolo sempre aggrondato, una serva che praticamente sembra non esserci, a forza di adattarsi all鈥檜mor festivo della maison, e appunto la protagonista e sua sorella. Lo Zingaro del titolo 猫 (ovviamente) uno zingaro, il quale, al pari di tanti suoi consimili dell鈥檈poca, vive facendo il calderaio, mentre la vecchia mamma legge la mano a prezzo modico e la moglie non si sa. Oggi se si pensa agli zingari vengono in mente uomini coi baffoni a lo sguardo truce, oppure donne infagottate in brutti cenci, che chiedono l鈥檈lemosina; ma in altri tempi si preferiva pensare alle zingarelle fascinose che girano il mondo e ballano il flamenco, e agli zingari dal fascino tenebroso e dalla vita errabonda e libera, fra i quali magari si possono celare perfino cortigiani e favorite caduti in disgrazia, come Zaida e Albazar nel Turco in Italia. Nella fattispecie, poi, lo zingaro 猫 assieme oltremodo maschio ma anche delicato, di quelli che ti spogliano con un鈥檕cchiata ma nel contempo ti fanno sognare chi sa quali saporose, insinuanti delizie; ma il lettore che si aspettasse un鈥檃ltra Lady Chatterley rimarr脿 fatalmente a bocca asciutta, perch茅 qui, almeno sul piano fisico, tutto rimane sul piano della pi霉 virginea verecondia: tante chiacchiere ribellistiche dunque, ma fatti less than zero. Altro che in quella vecchia canzoncina del cacciator del bosco, nella quale il suddetto, incontrata una pastorella, 鈥減rima la prese per mano/ e poi la pose a sedere:/ dal gusto e dal piacere/la pastorella s鈥檃ddorment貌鈥�: dove, a meno di non sospettare strane doti ipnagogiche nel cacciator del bosco, ciascuno si pu貌 figurare lo iato temporale fra il sedersi e il cadere addormentata lungo e piacimento e variamente animato. Qui, nisba. In compenso, Lawrence pare ghermito da un鈥檌ncontenibile frenesia aggettivale. Ora, io non dovrei dir niente, perch茅 quanto ad aggettivi non credo di essere particolarmente parco, n茅 sono mai stato un adepto del famigerato less in more: per貌 se s鈥檌ntende scialare con gli aggettivi, occorre saperli metter l矛 con grazia, in modo che appaiano quantomeno inattesi o intelligenti: se tutto fa capire che una casa 猫 brutta e che io sono triste, inutile scrivere dieci volte che la casa 猫 brutta e che io sono triste; il lettore, se non 猫 scemo affatto, lo capisce benissimo da solo. Certo, non bisognerebbe giudicare troppo male lo stile d鈥檜no scritto basandosi solo su d鈥檜na traduzione: ma qui la mia sensazione 猫 proprio che Lawrence non si accontenti di dire le cose, ma le voglia gridare. Tutto 猫 costituito da categorie tagliate con l鈥檃ccetta, ogni moto dell鈥檃nimo 猫 descritto in pieno giorno, squadernato e sviscerato con dovizia di definizioni e aggettivi; non esiste un angolino d鈥檕mbra confortevole, dove il lettore riesca per un attimo a respirare un refolo di ambiguit脿, una screziatura di elusivit脿, un alito di chiaroscuro, una vena di je ne sais quoi; troppa luce radente viene presto un po鈥� a noia. E alla fine addirittura arriva un cataclisma con tanto d鈥檌nondazione distruttrice. A Lawrence, che detestava l鈥檌pocrisia inglese, venne un鈥檜ggia incontenibile, probabilmente, anche nei confronti dell鈥�understatement albionico. Purtroppo. Un pochino di understatement, invece, gli avrebbe proprio fatto bene.
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21 reviews
February 1, 2016
Note: I can usually appreciate a story for what it is regardless of its socio-political context. However in the spam of 89 pages D.H Lawrence has managed to produce the worst "story" I have ever read. By morphing as many forms of social and political oppression into one fictionalised universe.

* the notion of virginity is not telling of a persons character, not does it enhance it at such. This was my issue. Fine she's a virgin. But does her every movement and describable mannerism have to be referred as an attribute of her virginity. Every other young female character probably was a virgin, but this particular virgin had virginity radiating so powerfully through her that it was enough to promote her character to the level of the protagonist. Fine, oh wait no in making her a protagonist I will give her no other redeeming qualities whilst paralleling her to gypsies in order to comment badly against their oppressed race.

* sexism everywhere, fine appropriate for context (i guess, not really)
* racist
* anti-semitic (referring to a character as a Jewess, mentioning her name once or not even once, not going to check)
* classist - oh I'm angsty about my bourgeoisie lifestyle, I have two selves one in which I can be a gypsy without all of the oppression. Oh no I regret not falling in love with this gypsy man sooner, now I'm going to be bored in my comfortable house, as he has to travel around towns selling items he has made to survive.
* pointless: overall the worst ending I have ever experienced.
* the writing style was the only thing holding this piece of shit together

Overall if you wanna get butthurt its:
* offensive to women
* offensive to gypsies
* offensive to jews
* overall anyone who is part of the lower class of society
* the patriarchy personified
* white privilege at its peak

Mum recommended this to me. We are having a talk when she gets home.
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23 reviews13 followers
July 1, 2021
My first DH Lawrence book. I'll admit I'm not quite used to classic writing, so getting through this was a bit hard for me. Not to mention feeling like the storytelling was slow and that it was hard to relate to any of the characters. However, I read the reviews, and found that Lawrence is known for describing very well the human psyche, behaviour and sexual attraction. Which makes the book make much more sense, and helps me to appreciate it better. Because a lot of this book follows Yvette's thoughts and feelings, while illustrating very well her family and other individuals she encounters.

So... I didn't love this, but I appreciate it for what it is. Having said that, I'm gonna start including more classics into my reading list again! (and not just read them for Lit exam purposes hahahah)
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6 reviews1 follower
January 12, 2014
A very simple story elegantly told. The elegance grows out of an amazing level of skill at deploying language in an incremental, layered way; Lawrence literally titrates his depiction of the various characters or scenes, taking a word and repeating it in different contexts over a page or several pages until his portrayal achieves the desired level of completeness before moving on to the next person or scene. I was mesmerized by the technical mastery which perhaps only works when the story remains so simple, an allegory of passion, prejudice, and provincialism. A model for writers by a master....
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493 reviews71 followers
July 9, 2024
This is Lawrence鈥檚 last written work left unrevised at his death. I do not know what revisions he would have made, but the version he left is as complete and proficient as any of his works. However, the prose did feel a bit different from his four 400+ page novels that I read. It seemed clearer, simpler, and flowed more easily than the more turgid writing of those four. The style, along with the novella length, gave the story a lightness I found unusual for a Lawrence work.

The story鈥檚 titled Virgin is Yvette Saywell, a young 20ish girl living in a small northern England village vicarage with her rector father and slightly older more reserved sister Lucille. Also living there are 鈥楳ater鈥� her bitter and domineering grandmother, her stingy and dingy Uncle Fred and her subservient Aunt Cissie.

Yvette鈥檚 mother, 鈥淪he-who-was-Cynthia鈥� had run away from the family with a working-class younger man when the girls were 7 and 9. Yvette is a fairly curious, impetuous and sensual young women. When her curiosity brings her into contact with the titled Gipsy, who is travelling with his wife and children, selling wares while his elderly mother tells fortunes, she finds her sensual desires aroused more than ever before. The story dynamic is the Rector鈥檚 fear that Yvette is so like her mother鈥檚 character that she will also go astray.

At this point in the story, I thought I would be reading a love story, or more accurately, lust story full of overly sensual events and prose. I was prepared for this to be a more typical 3-star Lawrence reading experience. However, the story did not go as I foresaw. It turned into a pleasing tale detailing an important period and event in the formation, growth and emergence of a young woman. It bears some resemblance in theme to Ursula Brangwen's story in

I liked and empathized with the protagonist Yvette, especially how she was willing to befriend new types of people. The intra-family relationships were well-portrayed. The prose and storytelling were simple, clear and effective. I liked the story. I rate it as 4 stars.
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427 reviews90 followers
April 27, 2024
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204 reviews4 followers
April 8, 2025
丕诏賴 亘丕 鬲賵賯毓 乇賵亘丕賴 爻乇丕睾 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫� 賳乇蹖丿馃懇馃徎鈥嶐煢�
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賳孬乇 賱丕乇賳爻 趩蹖夭 禺丕氐蹖賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿卮 賵 賲蹖乇毓亘丕爻蹖 亘賴 賳丨賵 丕丨爻賳 亘乇卮 诏乇丿賵賳丿賴
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August 18, 2023
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