The Virgin and the Gypsy

Description:

A posthumously published novella, the story tells of two sisters seemingly condemned to a drab and joyless existence with their father, a vicar, and their mean-spirited grandmother and aunt. When one of the girls befriends a Gypsy and a young unmarried couple, one of them a Jew, her father threatens to have her admitted to an asylum.

subjects: Fiction,  Novellas,  Relationships,  Prejudice in fiction,  Romanies,  Women,  Young women,  English Erotic stories,  Resurrection,  English Psychological fiction,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)

Places: The Midlands,  England

Times: Early 20th century,  1920's