The Rainbow
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of early twentieth-century literature, The Rainbow chronicles three generations of the Brangwen family living on a farm in the English Midlands, tracing their inner lives, passions, and spiritual longings against the backdrop of an industrialising England. D.H. Lawrence presents a sweeping, intimate portrait of men and women wrestling with desire, identity, and the search for transcendence across time. Written in Lawrence's characteristically lyrical and intense prose, the novel argues powerfully for the primacy of emotional and sexual authenticity in human relationships. The story culminates with the headstrong Ursula Brangwen, whose journey toward self-realisation and independence anticipates the themes Lawrence would later develop in Women in Love. Bold, controversial upon its 1915 publication — it was promptly banned for obscenity — this novel endures as one of the great modernist explorations of the human condition.
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, Penguin
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of early twentieth-century literature, The Rainbow chronicles three generations of the Brangwen family living on a farm in the English Midlands, tracing their inner lives, passions, and spiritual longings against the backdrop of an industrialising England. D.H. Lawrence presents a sweeping, intimate portrait of men and women wrestling with desire, identity, and the search for transcendence across time. Written in Lawrence's characteristically lyrical and intense prose, the novel argues powerfully for the primacy of emotional and sexual authenticity in human relationships. The story culminates with the headstrong Ursula Brangwen, whose journey toward self-realisation and independence anticipates the themes Lawrence would later develop in Women in Love. Bold, controversial upon its 1915 publication — it was promptly banned for obscenity — this novel endures as one of the great modernist explorations of the human condition.