The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence

"The Rainbow" by D. H. Lawrence is a novel published in 1915. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family in Nottinghamshire as they navigate love, desire, and personal fulfillment against the backdrop of England's industrial transformation. From farmer Tom Brangwen in the 1840s to his granddaughter Ursula in 1905, each generation struggles between passionate inner life and society's confining structures. Lawrence's frank treatment of sexuality sparked an obscenity trial, resulting in copies being seized and burned, banning the book in Britain for eleven years. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
Title The Rainbow
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rainbow
Credits James Adcock
Reading Level Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject Family -- England -- Midlands -- Fiction
Subject Midlands (England) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 28948
Release Date
Last Update Feb 24, 2025
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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