The Rainbow | Social Concerns
Many critics consider The Rainbow to be D. H. Lawrence's best novel, often citing its panoramic yet precisely sketched view of the life over three generations of an English family, the Brangwen's, who begin as farmers. Like the earlier Sons and Lovers (1913; see separate entry), this novel has as a major theme the effect on everyday human life of the rapid cultural changes caused by the Industrial Revolution.
As the book opens with a view of the Marsh Farm, overlooked by the church spire in the distance, there appears to be a sense of permanence, an Eden-like...
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