Le ravissement de Lol V. Stein is a novel written by Marguerite Duras and published in France by Gallimard in 1964.

The text was translated by Richard Seaver[1] and published as The Ravishing of Lol Stein in the U.S. by Grove Press in 1966.

The text was also translated by Eileen Ellenbogen in the UK as The rapture of Lol V. Stein for Hamish Hamilton in 1967.

However, at a ball in the seaside resort of T Beach, Michael Richardson leaves Lol for Anne-Marie Stretter, an older woman.

After a difficult recovery from this shock which marks her for the rest of her life, Lol marries John Bedford, a musician she meets on one of her daily walks.