{"product_id":"the-rainbow-by-d-h-lawrence","title":"The Rainbow By D. H. Lawrence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e29\/03\/2007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its frank portrayal of human passion and sexual desire, D.H. Lawrence's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas banned as 'obscene' in Britain shortly after first publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the rural Midlands,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more than 60 years, setting them against the emergence of modern England. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter Anna as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them. All are seeking individual fulfilment, but it is Ursula, Anne's spirited daughter, who in her search for self-knowedge, becomes the focus of Lawrence's examination of relationships and the conflicts they bring, and the inextricable mingling of the physical and the spiritual. Suffused with Biblical imagery,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaddresses searching human issues in a setting of precise and vivid detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his introduction James Wood discusses Lawrence's writing style and the tensions and themes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e. This Penguin edition reproduces the Cambridge text, which provides a text as close as possible to Lawrence's original. It also includes suggested further reading, a fragment of 'The Sisters II' from his first draft, and chronologies of Lawrence's life and of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e's Brangwen family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited with an introduction by James Wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A brave and important book, passionate and wildly ambitious'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780141441382\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e528\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e198\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e130\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e30\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e388 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52688961012025,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780141441382-jacket-large.webp?v=1777056427","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/the-rainbow-by-d-h-lawrence","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}