The Rainbow (1915) - D. H. Lawrence
Public domain
Category: Classic
Narrator: Wanda McCaddon
Tags: Classic, Adults, Historical Fiction
Series: Brangwen Family, Book 1 Length: 18 hrs and 22 mins Release date: 12-27-10 Publisher: Tantor Audio, Set in the rural Midlands of England during the Victorian Era and ending prior to WWI, The Rainbow (1915) revolves around three generations of the Brangwens, a strong, vigorous family, deeply involved with the land. 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, Annas spirited daughter, who, in search for self-knowledge, rejects the conventional role of womanhood., Filled with biblical imagery, The Rainbow addresses searching human issues in a setting of precise and vivid detail., In The Rainbow, D. H. Lawrence challenged the customary limitations of language and convention to carry into the structures of his prose the fascination with boundaries and space that characterize the entire novel. A visionary n
