The Rainbow
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few novels in the English literary canon have matched the raw ambition of D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow — a sweeping, multi-generational saga that chronicles the lives of the Brangwen family across three generations in the English Midlands, tracing their passionate struggles for identity, freedom, and spiritual fulfilment against the backdrop of an industrialising England. At its heart, the novel follows Ursula Brangwen, a fiercely independent young woman whose hunger for self-realisation propels her into conflicts with love, religion, education, and social expectation, as Lawrence renders the inner life of his characters with an almost volcanic psychological intensity. Lawrence's prose in The Rainbow is nothing short of revolutionary — rhythmic, sensuous, and deeply symbolic — arguing through its very style that human consciousness and sexuality are inseparable from the search for transcendence. Banned upon its publication in 1915 for alleged obscenity, the novel has since been reclaimed as one of the towering achievements of Modernist literature, standing as a fearless interrogation of what it means to live authentically in a world increasingly governed by conformity and mechanism. This Phoenix Edition, published by William Heinemann Ltd, presents one of Lawrence's most visionary works in an authoritative format — and for readers willing to surrender to its power, The Rainbow promises to be nothing short of a transformative experience.
Author: D. H. Lawrence
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few novels in the English literary canon have matched the raw ambition of D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow — a sweeping, multi-generational saga that chronicles the lives of the Brangwen family across three generations in the English Midlands, tracing their passionate struggles for identity, freedom, and spiritual fulfilment against the backdrop of an industrialising England. At its heart, the novel follows Ursula Brangwen, a fiercely independent young woman whose hunger for self-realisation propels her into conflicts with love, religion, education, and social expectation, as Lawrence renders the inner life of his characters with an almost volcanic psychological intensity. Lawrence's prose in The Rainbow is nothing short of revolutionary — rhythmic, sensuous, and deeply symbolic — arguing through its very style that human consciousness and sexuality are inseparable from the search for transcendence. Banned upon its publication in 1915 for alleged obscenity, the novel has since been reclaimed as one of the towering achievements of Modernist literature, standing as a fearless interrogation of what it means to live authentically in a world increasingly governed by conformity and mechanism. This Phoenix Edition, published by William Heinemann Ltd, presents one of Lawrence's most visionary works in an authoritative format — and for readers willing to surrender to its power, The Rainbow promises to be nothing short of a transformative experience.