The Rainbow

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Penguin Random House, 2011 - Fiction - 460 pages
Prosecuted in an obscenity trial in 1915 for its frank treatment of sexuality, this novel chronicles the lines of three generations of the Brangwen family and the emergence of modern England Set between the 1840s and the early years of the 20th century, this novel tells the story of three generations of the Brangwen family, ancient occupiers of Marsh Farm, Nottinghamshire. Through courting, pregnancy, marriage, and defiance, Lawrence explores love and the conflicts it brings.

About the author (2011)

D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was as a pioneer of English modernism and is best known for his novels Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sons and Lovers, and Women in Love. Rachel Cusk is the author of Arlington Park, for which she was shortlisted for the Orange Prize; The Country Life, for which she won the Somerset Maugham Award; The Last Supper; and Saving Agnes, for which she won the Whitbread First Novel Award.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Rainbow
Volume 48 of Modern Library 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century
Vintage Lawrence
Vintage classics
AuthorD. H Lawrence
PublisherPenguin Random House, 2011
ISBN0099541459, 9780099541455
Length460 pages
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Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / World Literature / England / 20th Century
  
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