{"product_id":"the-rainbow-d-h-lawrence-9781430441823","title":"The Rainbow","description":"The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence is a novel that explores the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family living in the English Midlands. The story begins with Tom Brangwen, a farmer who marries a Polish widow named Lydia and brings her to live with him on his farm. Together, they have a daughter named Anna, who grows up to marry a Polish violinist named Will Brangwen.The novel follows the lives of Anna and Will, as well as their children Ursula and Gudrun. Ursula is a sensitive and intelligent young woman who struggles to find her place in the world, while Gudrun is a free-spirited artist who is drawn to unconventional relationships.As the Brangwen family navigates the changing social and cultural landscape of England in the early 20th century, they must confront their own desires and passions, as well as the expectations and limitations placed upon them by society. The Rainbow is a powerful and evocative novel that explores themes of love, sexuality, and self-discovery in a rich and vividly imagined world.1915. Controversial English novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist, Lawrence is known for his frequently misunderstood, but basically idealistic theories about sexual relations and for his interest in primitive religions and nature mysticism. Lawrence regarded sex, the primitive subconscious, and nature as cures for what he considered modern man's maladjustment to industrial society. His philosophy, life history and prejudices are inextricably entwined in his writings. Lawrence's fourth novel, The Rainbow, was about two sisters growing up in the north of England. The book begins: 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 country town climbing assiduously up to it. Whenever one of the Brangwens in the fields lifted his head from his work, he saw the church-tower at Ilkeston in the empty sky. So that as he turned again to the horizontal land, he was aware of something standing above him and beyond him in the distance. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.#This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. H. Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1430441828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781430441823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kessinger Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"D. H. Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153640763647,"sku":"9781430441823","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ba46c60-e940-4007-87b0-62017140cc42.jpg?v=1770784840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rainbow-d-h-lawrence-9781430441823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}