![]() ![]() Lawrence's frank treatment of human desires and women's feelings was considered to be a corrupting influence and the book was condemned in an obscenity trial in the same year. The Rainbow was subjected to severe criticism and censorship when it was first published in 1915. ![]() Their daughter Ursula becomes his support and confidant. ![]() Will is also bewildered by the changes he finds in Anna when she becomes a mother. However, Anna's illusions are soon shattered. The family is happy and supportive and the two marry in the local church. When Will, who is Tom's distant relative, comes to visit, Anna falls in love with him. They live quietly, and the smooth tenor of their lives is interrupted occasionally by Anna's restlessness and haughty ways. The couple lives a happy and contented life. Tom is fascinated by Lydia's “foreignness” and soon proposes marriage. He meets Lydia Lensky, an aristocratic Polish refugee and widow who has a daughter, Anna, from her previous marriage. Tom Brangwen is a small time farmer in rural Nottinghamshire. The Rainbow is the first novel in the Brangwen family saga. ![]() Originally planned as a novel titled The Sisters, Lawrence finally split the theme into two separate novels after many revisions and rewrites. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly industrializing England, the bewildering shift in social structure, the fading away of traditions and the advent of new ways of life, The Rainbow by DH Lawrence depicts how one family's story becomes the story of a society. ![]()
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