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A multi-generational family saga that chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family on their Nottinghamshire farm--and the riveting prequel to Women in Love--from one of the greatest and most controversial writers of the 20th century.

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With an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading. In 1915, Lawrence's frank representation of sexuality in The Rainbow caused a furore and the novel was seized by the police and banned almost as soon as it was published. Today it is recognised as one of the... Read Full Overview

In The Rainbow (1915) Lawrence challenged the customary limitations of language and convention to carry into the structures of his prose the fascination with boundaries and space that characterize the entire novel. Condemned and suppressed on first publication for its open treatment... Read Full Overview

D. H. Lawrence's 1915 novel 'The Rainbow' is about the emotional life and loves of three generations of the Brangwen family, farmers and craftsmen of Nottinghamshire, Lawrence's childhood home. Tom Brangwen, a farm youth, marries Lydia Lensky, a Polish widow of a political exile... Read Full Overview

A novel which chronicles the lines of three generations of the Brangwen family and the emergence of modern England.

Pronounced obscene when it was first published in 1915, " The Rainbow" is the epic story of three generations of the Brangwens, a Midlands family. A visionary novel, considered to be one of Lawrence's finest, it explores the complex sexual and psychological relationships between... Read Full Overview

The Brangwens had lived for generations on the Marsh Farm, in the meadows where the Erewash twisted sluggishly through alder trees, separating Derbyshire from Nottinghamshire. Two miles away, a church-tower stood on a hill, the houses of the little country town climbing assiduously... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by British author D. H. Lawrence. It follows three generations of the Brangwen... Read Full Overview

"The Rainbow" by D. H. Lawrence is a classic novel that follows the multi-generational story of the Brangwen family in rural England. Set against the backdrop of societal changes in the early 20th century, the book explores themes of love