&quot;The Virgin and the Gipsy&quot; was discovered in France after David Herbert Lawrence&#39;s death in 1930. Immediately recognised as a masterpiece in which Lawrence had distilled and purified his ideas about sexuality and morality, &quot;The Virgin and the Gipsy&quot; has become a classic and is one of Lawrence&#39;s most electrifying short novels.<br /><br />Set in a small village in the English countryside, this is the story of a secluded, sensitive rector&#39;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 paralysed 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.&nbsp;<br /><br />Lawrence&#39;s spirit is infused by all his tenderness, passion, and knowledge of the human soul.<br /><br />(<i>Source: goodreads.com</i>)