The Ravishing of Lol Stein (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Marguerite Duras
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Antistory
- Time of Work: The 1950’s and early 1960’s
- Setting: The resort towns of South Tahla and Town Beach
- Genres: Long fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, Self-discovery, Memory, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Emotions, Adultery
- Locales: South Tahla (fictive), Town Beach (fictive)
Characters Discussed
Lol Valerie Stein, a young woman who is jilted by her fiancé. At the age of nineteen, Lol, a beautiful blue-eyed blond, is engaged to Michael Richardson, who later, at a ball, abandons her for another woman, Anne-Marie Stretter. Lol, led home by her mother, suffers a mental collapse and is secluded. Lol’s apparent madness stems not from the rejection but from her lack of emotional depth, which has been evident since childhood. Her distress at leaving the ball is caused not by the pain of losing a lover but by not being able to follow Michael and...
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