作品简介
Alvina Houghton, the daughter of a widowed Midlands draper, comes of age just as her father’s business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure his daughter’s proper upbringing, James Houghton buys a theater. Among the traveling performers he employs is Ciccio, a sensual Italian who immediately captures Alvina’s attention. Fleeing with him to Naples, she leaves her safe world behind and enters one of sexual awakening, desire, and fleeting freedom.
大卫·赫伯特·劳伦斯（David Herbert Lawrence，通常写作D. H. Lawrence，1885年9月11日－1930年3月2日）：20世纪英国作家，是20世纪英语文学中最重要的人物之一，也是最具争议性的作家之一。主要成就包括小说、诗歌、戏剧、散文、游记和书信。