The Ravishing of Lol Stein is a haunting early novel by the author of
The Lover. 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 fiancé had abandoned
her for another woman, she is drawn inexorably to recreate that
long-past tragedy. She arranges a rendezvous for her friend Tatiana and
Tatiana's lover. She arranges to spy on them. And then, she goes one
step further . . .