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The Ravishing of Lol Stein

by Marguerite Duras · 1964

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Lol Stein is a beautiful young woman, securely married, settled in a comfortable life—and a voyeur. Returning with her husband and children to the town where, years before, her fiance had abandoned her for another woman, she is drawn inexorably to recreate that long-past tragedy.

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Themes
womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Subject
psychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 181 pages

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