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    The Rainbow
    The Rainbow
    The Rainbow
    Audiobook20 hours

    The Rainbow

    Written by D. H. Lawrence

    Narrated by Paul Slack

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    D.H. Lawrence’s controversial classic, The Rainbow, follows the lives and loves of three generations of the Brangwen family, between 1840 and 1905. Their tempestuous relationships are played out against a backdrop of change as they witness the arrival of industrialisation – the only constant being their unending attempts to grasp a higher form of existence, symbolised by the persistent, unifying motif of the ‘rainbow’. Lawrence’s fourth novel, and the prequel to Women in Love, is an invigorating, absorbing tale about the undying determination of the human soul.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateAug 15, 2015
    ISBN9781843797821
    Author

    D. H. Lawrence

    David Herbert Lawrence was born on 11th September 1881 in Eastwood, a small mining village in Nottinghamshire, in the English Midlands. Despite ill health as a child and a comparatively disadvantageous position in society, he became a teacher in 1908, and took up a post in a school in Croydon, south of London. His first novel, The White Peacock, was published in 1911, and from then until his death he wrote feverishly, producing poetry, novels, essays, plays travel books and short stories, while travelling around the world, settling for periods in Italy, New Mexico and Mexico. He married Frieda Weekley in 1914 and died of tuberculosis in 1930.

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    • 3/5
      I thought that the first half, describing the early life of Anna, was great. Through 'Anna Victorix', I would have said that this was one of the best books I had ever read. The writing was beautiful and very moving at times. The characters were very sympathetic and, in this book, that mattered greatly for me. The second half, which described the early life of Ursula was not as satisfying. There were wonderful scenes and some more beautiful writing, but the storyline seemed awkward and forced at times. At the end, Ursula carries much of the weight of communicating the author's view of industrial society, but she is so changable and relies so much of emotion that she is not a reliable, or maybe just not a convincing, voice by the end.

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    • 2/5
      Lawrence's knack for nailing his female characters is astounding. I said to myself more than once, "I know that feeling and never could've put it into words". However, there were a few places that the details were redundant to the point of tedium, and I skimmed through the rest of the paragraph.

      The ending, like Lady Chatterly, was perfect, though not at all the way I wanted it to end.
    • 4/5
      The Rainbow is such a profoundly weird work; I know of nothing quite like it in English literature. A multi-generational epic of sensuality and consciousness set in rural England, the novel traces the lives and of several members, differing in nationality, gender, age, and social class, of the Brangwen family. The prose is hypnotizing, biblical, repetitive, chthonic, sumptuous and utterly, inexhaustibly original. I think Lawrence set out to write about the movement of blood in our veins more than the thoughts in our heads, and it is remarkable how far he succeeded.
    • 5/5
      Lawrence at his best, holding together a tender narrative to portray the development of three generations as an ouvre to understanding homo religiosis.
    • 3/5
      To be honest, I read about 3/4 of this book, then skipped to the last chapter. I love Lawrence, but could not handle any more of his lengthy sentences. This book (unless I missed some very important part) is about life. About the choices we have, and the difficulty in choosing the "right" path. Also about having to except things and people as they are.
    • 3/5
      This one was okay. If you’re looking for a classic English novel there are a lot better ones to choose from. My main complaint is that there would be a whole section devoted to one generation, but once you moved onto the next section with the next generation there would hardly be any mention of the first set of characters. At one point there was mention of one of the characters from the first section, only to let you know that they had died two years prior. It seemed really abrupt, like Lawrence got sick of the characters he’d written about and wanted to focus on and introduce some new ones – reader be damned! I guess [Women in Love] is a sequel devoted to two of the younger Brangwens so I’ll be reading that at some point to what happens to them.
    • 3/5
      I'm only part way through this and I feel like somehow I'm getting a lot out of it, but with no need to read further. For once this isn't quite a criticism. The writing is what I'm enjoying - certain evocations are just beautiful. However it's starting to feel repetitive, the plot is devoid of any suspense. It's a real partial masterpiece for me but the bits that are good make it worth a go. Maybe I'll finish it one day, maybe not.
    • 2/5
      Struggled through this til the end but really didn't enjoy it all. I prefer a non flowering style of writing and this was just too over the top for my liking.
    • 4/5
      Powerful novel. Full circle of life coming and going. Masterpiece.