The virgin and the gipsy is a short novel or novella by english author dh lawrence it was written in 1926 and published posthumously in 1930. Film adaptation from the novel by dh lawrence discovered after the celebrated authors death in 1930 a romantic love story tells of a prim young . The virgin and the gipsy has 1992 ratings and 170 reviews duane said i have read almost everything dh lawrence wrote loved all of it and thought i. The virgin and the gypsy is a 1970 british drama film directed by christopher miles and starring joanna shimkus it was based on the novella of the same name. Complete summary of d h lawrences the virgin and the gipsy enotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of the virgin and the gipsy